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Federal Election Commission | United States of America
  • FEC Record: Regulations

Commission announces disposition of rulemaking petition on candidate debates (2015)

November 20, 2015

On November 6, 2015, the Commission voted not to initiate a rulemaking in response to a petition filed by Level the Playing Field that sought changes to the candidate debate regulations at 11 CFR 110.13.

The petition, made available for public comment in November 2014, asked that the Commission revise the criteria governing the inclusion of candidates in presidential and vice presidential debates. See 11 CFR 110.13(c). Specifically, Level the Playing Field asked the Commission to require debate staging organizations to have a set of objective, unbiased criteria for debate participation that do not require candidates to satisfy a polling threshold.

After evaluating the petition and the public comments received, the Commission decided not to initiate a rulemaking. A Notice of Disposition was published in the Federal Register at 80 Fed. Reg. 72616 (November 20, 2015).

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    • Dorothy Yeager
    • Enterprise Resource Analyst

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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.