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Weekly Digests are published every Friday and summarize the week's publicly disclosed activity. Press releases are published as news happens.
FEC Record articles inform candidates and committees about FEC developments and are published as news happens. Access Record articles from 1975 through 2004 on the Record archive page. Tips for Treasurers are published once a week.
As a U.S. citizen living abroad, Jean-Marc Bertrand (“the requestor”) may purchase online political advertisements in connection with elections in the United States. Neither the Federal Election Campaign Act (the …
While the FEC’s jurisdiction is generally limited to the financing of federal elections, the president-elect’s inaugural committee must register with the FEC by letter and file a report within 90 …
WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission today unanimously approved an advisory opinion and an Audit Division recommendation memorandum. The Commission approved a Proposed Final Audit Report and another recommendation memorandum …
Presidential candidates raised $3.6 billion and spent over $3.3 billion in the first 21 months of the 2019-2020 election cycle, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election …
The Commission has published its updated civil penalty amounts for 2021, pursuant to a federal law that requires federal agencies to adjust civil penalties for inflation each year. The updated …
Year-End Reports are due January 31. To help committees prepare their reports, the Commission will offer reporting and FECFile webinars for candidate committees on Wednesday, January 13, and for PACs …
Advisory opinion requests (AORs) pending before the Commission as of the end of the month are listed. Procedures for commenting on pending AORs are described here.
This article describes the filing requirements for 2021. Additional information is available on the FEC's Dates and deadlines web page.
Committees must file a …
For many of us, the start of the new year is a time to take stock and identify things we want to change. This year, resolve to keep up-to-date with …
Committees often ask if they may include funds raised in January in their Year-End Reports.
Under Commission regulations, the date of receipt is used for reporting purposes, so committees should …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Election Commission has elected Shana M. Broussard to serve as Chair and Allen Dickerson as Vice Chair for 2021.
Commissioners Broussard and Dickerson were sworn in as Commissioners …
WASHINGTON—Shana M. Broussard, Sean J. Cooksey and Allen Dickerson have been sworn in as members of the Federal Election Commission, returning a quorum to the agency charged with administering and …
Committees and their treasurers must make best efforts to obtain and report information required by law with respect to itemized receipts and disbursements. When reporting information is incomplete, the political …