Week of August 19 - 23, 2024

Commission meetings and hearings

No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.

Advisory Opinions

Draft Advisory Opinion

Advisory Opinion Request 2024-06 (American Target Advertising and the Conservative Caucus) On August 22, the Commission made public a second draft advisory opinion (Draft B).

Advisory Opinion Request 2024-07 (Team Graham) On August 22, the Commission made public a draft advisory opinion.

Advisory Opinion Request 2024-11 (Caroline Gleich) On August 23, the Commission made public a draft advisory opinion. This week, the Commission received a comment from the requestor on the advisory opinion request.

Comments Received

Advisory Opinion Request 2024-12 (McCutcheon) This week, the Commission received two comments on the advisory opinion request.

Extensions of Time

Advisory Opinion Request 2024-09 (Nanette Barragán and Barragán for Congress) On August 19, the requestor granted an extension of time.

Advisory Opinion Request 2024-10 (Alan Lowenthal and Alan Lowenthal for Congress) On August 16, the requestor granted an extension of time.

Litigation

Berman v. FEC (Case No. 23-1017) On August 20, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order, granting the Commission’s Motion to Dismiss and closing the case. Plaintiff had filed suit in April 2023 alleging that the Commission’s dismissal of his administrative complaint in MUR 7998 was contrary to law.

Outreach

On August 23, Debbie Chacona, Assistant Staff Director, Reports Analysis Division, spoke at the Republican National Committee Counsel’s Office Legal Compliance Seminar in Washington, DC.

Employment opportunities

The Commission is accepting applications for the position of Associate General Counsel for Litigation through October 4, 2024.

The Commission is accepting applications for the position of Contract Specialist through September 5, 2024.

Upcoming Commission meetings and hearings

August 27, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

August 29, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.

September 17, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

September 19, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.

Upcoming educational opportunities

September 11, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar on Independent Expenditures and Pre-Election Communications.

September 25, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to host FECFile and reporting webinars for candidate committees.

October 9, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to host FECFile and reporting webinars for PACs and party committees.

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

Upcoming reporting due dates

September 20: September Monthly Reports are due. For more information, see the 2024 Monthly 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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