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Federal Election Commission | United States of America
  • Tips for Treasurers

Alert for Gmail Users

September 23, 2013

If you have listed a Gmail email address on your Statement of Organization filed with the FEC, be sure to check your "Promotions" tab. Gmail recently changed the way it organizes incoming email, and some users are reporting to the FEC that important emails sent by the Reports Analysis Division concerning Requests for Additional Information have landed in their "Promotions" tab rather than in their primary inbox. For more information on Gmail tabs and how to configure them, please look at this article posted online by Google.

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This information is not intended to replace the law or to change its meaning, nor does this information create or confer any rights for or on any person or bind the Federal Election Commission or the public.

The reader is encouraged also to consult the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), Commission regulations (Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Commission advisory opinions and applicable court decisions.