Week of June 5-9, 2023

Commission meetings and hearings

No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Commission made public one closed case, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Query System.

ADR 1098

COMPLAINANT: FEC-Initiated
RESPONDENT: Results for NC, Inc. and Charles Gantt, in official capacity as treasurer (the Committee)
SUBJECT: In the normal course of exercising its supervisory responsibilities, the Commission initiated proceedings to determine whether there was reason to believe the Committee failed to file or timely file two 24-Hour Reports to support two independent expenditures, totaling $74,950, disclosed on its 2022 July Quarterly Report.
DISPOSITION: The Committee agreed to participate in an FEC training program and pay a civil penalty of $5,600.

Administrative Fines

The Commission made public 15 closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Administrative Fine search system.

AF 4339 Aja Smith for Congress 2022 and Aja Smith, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $466.

AF 4340 American Clean Power Association CLEANPOWER PAC and Biljana Kaumaya, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $2,345.

AF 4341 Amsted Industries Incorporated PAC and Tristan Paige Lopez, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $784.

AF 4343 Christine for Congress and Jesus Olivo, Jr., in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $617.

AF 4344 Click for Change and Katie Lawson, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty.

AF 4345 Colin Wilhelm for Colorado and Megan Tews, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty.

AF 4346 Create Change Now and Ken Crow, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $748.

AF 4347 Dr. Richard Watkins for Senate and Lolita Wynn, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty.

AF 4348 Emily Robinson for Congress and Emily Robinson, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $25,039.

AF 4349 Fairbanks Morse, LLC Political Action Committee and Jared Barefield, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $527.

AF 4384 NATSO Inc. NATSO PAC and Lisa J. Mullings, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $4,292.

AF 4394 NATSO Inc. NATSO PAC and Lisa J. Mullings, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $152.

AF 4484 Prosperity Action, Inc. and Paul Mair, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $2,093.

AF 4560 Jim Risch for U.S. Senate Committee and R. John Insinger, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $4,374.

AF 4563 Jeanne Hendricks for Congress and Jeanne Hendricks, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $2,878.

Regulations and agency procedures

REG 2019-03 (Mailing List Exchange) On June 5, the Commission received a comment on a Notification of Availability and Rulemaking Petition regarding exchange of mailing lists, which was published in the Federal Register in 2019. Earlier public comments received in response to the petition are also available in the rulemaking search system.

Litigation

Campaign Legal Center, et al. v. FEC (Case No. 22-5336) On June 2, Former FEC Chair and Commissioner Lee E. Goodman filed a Corrected Brief of Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Castro v. FEC (Case No. 22-5323) On June 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a Mandate.

National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. FEC, et al. (Case No. 22-639) On June 7, the Commission filed an Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion to Certify Question to En Banc Court of Appeals in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Outreach

On June 7, the Commission hosted a webinar for nonconnected PACs.

Upcoming Commission meetings and hearings

June 21, 2023: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

June 22, 2023: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.

July 11, 2023: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

July 13, 2023: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.

Upcoming educational programs

June 28, 2023: The Commission is scheduled to host a FECFile webinar for candidate committees.

July 12, 2023: The Commission is scheduled to host an FECConnect OnTopic discussion on PAC and Party Registration. Participation is free, but registration is required. To register, please email ontopic@fec.gov.

July 19, 2023: The Commission is scheduled to host a FECFile webinar for PACs and party committees.

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

Upcoming reporting due dates

June 20: June Monthly Reports are due. For more information, see the 2023 Monthly Reporting schedule.

The Commission has posted the reporting dates in connection with the Rhode Island First District Special Election. For more information, see the Special Election Report Notice.

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 now 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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