Week of November 18 – 22, 2024

Commission meetings and hearings

No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.

Administrative Fines

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

AF 4696 Committee to Elect Marcus Jones and Marcus Jones, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $1,594.

AF 4697 Raja Chaudhry Campaign, Inc. and Leon Zeno, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $10,609.

AF 4699 American Financial Services Association PAC and Bill Himpler, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $3,325.

AF 4700 Farmers' Rice Cooperative Fund and Bill Tanimoto, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $481.

AF 4701 Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee and Patrick Bailey, in official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $832.

Litigation

Campaign Legal Center v. FEC (Case No. 24-2585) On November 18, the Commission filed an Answer in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

End Citizens United PAC v. FEC (Case No. 22-5277) On November 18, Appellant End Citizens United PAC filed an En Banc Brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Colleen Oliver and Steve Oliver v. FEC (Case No. 24-1166) On November 22, the parties filed a Stipulated Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Public Disclosure

This week, the Office of the Inspector General made public a report on Management and Performance Challenges Facing the FEC for FY 2025 and a Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Statement Audit Report.

Outreach

On November 18, Vice Chair Ellen L. Weintraub participated in "Money and Politics: Workshops on Public Policies on Electoral Campaigns and Political Parties Financing" hosted by the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC.

On November 20, the Commission held a webinar on Winding Down the Campaign and Post-General Reporting.

On November 22, Vice Chair Weintraub met with a visiting delegation from the European Parliament's Committee on Constitutional Affairs to discuss campaign finance in the U.S. and the work of the Commission.

Employment opportunities

The Commission is accepting applications for the position of Attorney-Adviser (Administrative Law) through November 30, 2024.

Upcoming Commission meetings and hearings

December 10, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to meet in executive session.

December 12, 2024: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting.

Upcoming educational opportunities

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

Upcoming reporting due dates

December 5: 30-Day Post-General Reports are due. For more information, see the 2024 Pre- and Post-General Reporting schedule.

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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