Georgia special election reporting: 10th district

The Special General Election to fill the U.S. House seat in Georgia's 10th Congressional District formerly held by the late Representative Charlie Norwood will be June 19, 2007. Under Georgia law, a majority winner in a special election is declared elected. Should no candidate achieve a majority vote, a Special Runoff Election will be held on July 17, 2007, between the top two vote-getters.

Candidate committees involved in one or both of these elections must follow the reporting schedule at right. Please note that the reporting period for the Post-General election report (or Post-Runoff election report, if necessary) spans two election cycles. For this report only, authorized committees must use the Post-Election Detailed Summary Page rather than the normal Detailed Summary Page.

PACs and party committees that file on a semiannual schedule and participate in one or both of these elections must follow the same schedule at right. PACs and party committees that file monthly must continue to file according to their regular filing schedule.

Filing electronically

Reports filed electronically must be received and validated by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the applicable filing deadline. Electronic filers who instead file on paper or submit an electronic report that does not pass the Commission's validation program by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the filing deadline will be considered nonfilers and may be subject to enforcement actions, including administrative fines.

Timely filing for paper filers

Registered and Certified Mail. Reports sent by registered or certified mail must be postmarked on or before the mailing deadline to be considered timely filed. A committee sending its reports by certified or registered mail should keep its mailing receipt with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) postmark as proof of filing because the USPS does not keep complete records of items sent by certified mail.

Overnight Mail. Reports filed via overnight mail(1) will be considered timely filed if the report is received by the delivery service on or before the mailing deadline. A committee sending its reports by Express or Priority Mail, or by an overnight delivery service, should keep its proof of mailing or other means of transmittal of its reports.

Other Means of Filing. Reports sent by other means–including first class mail and courier—must be received by the FEC before the Commission's close of business on the filing deadline. 2 U.S.C. 434(a)(5) and 11 CFR 104.5(e). Paper forms are available at the FEC's web site (https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/forms) and from FEC Faxline, the agency's automated fax system (202/501-3413).

48-Hour contribution notices

Note that 48-hour notices are required of authorized committees that receive contributions of $1,000 or more between May 31 and June 16, for the Special General Election; and between June 28 and July 14, for the Special Runoff Election, if that election is held.

24- and 48-Hour reports of independent expenditures

Political committees and other persons must file 24-hour reports of independent expenditures that aggregate at or above $1,000 between May 31 and June 17, for the Special General, and between June 28 and July 15, for the Special Runoff, if that election is held. This requirement is in addition to that of filing 48-hour reports of independent expenditures that aggregate $10,000 or more at other times during a calendar year.Electioneering communications

The 60-day electioneering communications period in connection with the Special General Election runs from April 20 through June 19, 2007. The electioneering communications period for the Special Runoff Election, if that election is held, runs from May 18 through July 17, 2007.

1) "Overnight mail" includes Priority or Express Mail having a delivery confirmation, or an overnight service with which the report is scheduled for next business day delivery and is recorded in the service's on-line tracking system.