Week of October 14 – 18, 2024

Commission meetings and hearings

No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.

Advisory Opinions

Request received

Advisory Opinion Request 2024-15 (Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts). On October 17, 2024, the Commission made public an advisory opinion request from the Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts. The Unified Libertarians of Massachusetts ask to be recognized as a state committee of a national political party: the Libertarian National Party. The Commission will accept written comments on the request during the 10-day period following publication of the request (no later than October 28) and must issue a response no later than 60 days after the receipt of the complete request, that is, by Dec. 16, 2024.

Litigation

End Citizens United PAC v. FEC (Case No. 22-5277) On October 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an Order that Appellant End Citizens United PAC's Petition for Rehearing En Banc be granted and that the Appeals Court's Judgment of January 19, 2024 be vacated.

Campaign Legal Center v. FEC (Case No. 22-5339) On October 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an Order that the case be held in abeyance in consideration of the court's granting of a rehearing en banc in End Citizens United PAC v. FEC (Case No. 22-5277).

DCCC v. FEC (Case No. 24-2935) On October 17, Plaintiff filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging that the Commission's failure to render an advisory opinion in response to Advisory Opinion Request 2024-13 (DSCC, Montanans for Tester, and Gallego for Arizona) violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

Employment opportunities

The Commission is accepting applications for the position of Attorney-Adviser (Ethics) through October 31, 2024.

The Commission is accepting applications for the position of Associate General Counsel for Enforcement through November 12, 2024.

Upcoming Commission meetings and hearings

October 29, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

October 30, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.

November 13, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

November 14, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.

Upcoming educational opportunities

November 20, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar on Winding Down the Campaign and Post-General Reporting.

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

Upcoming reporting due dates

October 20: October Monthly Reports are due. For more information, see the 2024 Monthly Reporting schedule.

October 24: 12-Day Pre-General Reports are due. For more information, see the 2024 Pre- and Post-General Reporting schedule.

Additional research materials

Election Dates. The Commission has posted 2024 Presidential and Congressional Primary Dates, which are subject to change.

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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