Week of December 23– 27, 2024

Commission meetings and hearings

No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.

Administrative Fines

The Commission made public 14 closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Administrative Fine Search System.

AF 4737 Adrian Pokharel for U.S. Congress and Kesab Baral, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $2,394.

AF 4738 Ahmed for Congress and Ahmed Mostafa, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $499.

AF 4739 Austal USA LLC Federal Political Action Committee and Laura Waters, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $328.

AF 4740 Blue CD2 New Mexico USA and Martha R. Burt, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $4,774.

AF 4741 Committee to Elect Ann Marie Danimus and Ann Marie Danimus, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $3,107.

AF 4742 Committee to Elect Karen Rene for Congress and Karl Ford, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $7,958.

AF 4743 Diehl for Congress and Kurtis Michaud, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $832.

AF 4744 Eisen for NY and Joshua Eisen, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $4,774

AF 4745 Elias Bassile Election Committee and Elias Bassile, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty.

AF 4746 Fighting 4 One America PAC and Derek Lewis, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty.

AF 4747 Friends of Blake Lynch and Blake Lynch, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $6,188.

AF 4748 Friends of Gabriel for Congress and Yvonne Luma Gwanfogbe, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $358.

AF 4749 Friends of Kouri Marshall and James Brereton, in official capacity as Treasurer, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $499.

AF 4751 Georgians PAC and Keith Robert Heffron, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty.

Litigation

DCCC v. FEC (Case No. 24-2935) On December 20, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

End Citizens United PAC v. FEC (Case No. 22-5277) On December 20, the Commission filed an En Banc Brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Lewicki, et al. v. FEC (Case No. 24-2505) On December 11, Plaintiff filed a Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to the Partial Motion to Dismiss and on December 20, the Commission filed a Reply in Support of the Partial Motion to Dismiss in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Upcoming Commission meetings and hearings

January 9, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

January 28, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

January 30, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.

Upcoming educational opportunities

January 15, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host Year-End reporting and FECFile webinars for political action committees (PACs) and party committees.

January 22, 2025: The Commission is scheduled to host Year-End reporting and FECFile webinars for candidate committees.

For more information on upcoming training opportunities, see the Commission’s Trainings page.

Upcoming reporting due dates

January 31, 2025: Year-End Reports are due. For more information, see the 2024 Quarterly and Monthly Reporting schedules.

Additional research materials

Contribution Limits. In addition to the current limits, the Commission has posted an archive of contribution limits that were in effect going back to the 1975-1976 election cycles.

Federal Elections 2020: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives is available. The data was compiled from the official vote totals published by state election offices.

FEC Notify: Want to be notified by email when campaign finance reports are received by the agency? Sign up here.

The Combined Federal State Disclosure and Election Directory is available. This publication identifies the federal and state agencies responsible for the disclosure of campaign finances, lobbying, personal finances, public financing, candidates on the ballot, election results, spending on state initiatives and other financial filings.

The Presidential Election Campaign Fund Tax Checkoff Chart provides information on balance of the Fund, monthly deposits into the Fund reported by the Department of the Treasury, payments from the Fund as certified by the FEC, and participation rates of taxpayers as reported by the Internal Revenue Service. For more information on the Presidential Public Funding Program, see the Public Funding of Presidential Elections page.

The FEC Record is available as a continuously updated online news source.

Other election-related resources

Videos on protecting U.S. elections. The FBI’s Protected Voices initiative provides videos designed to help political campaigns protect themselves from foreign influence. The 2019 videos offer guidance on ransomware, business email compromise, supply chain, social media literacy, and foreign influence operations. Other videos, released in 2018, include cyber hygiene topics such as social engineering, patching, router hardening, and app and browser safety.

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