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Important election, campaign, and voting information included in this massive collection:
FEC Citizen Guide * FEC Media Guide * FEC Candidate & Committee Guide * FEC Campaign Guide for Corporations and Labor Organizations * About the FEC: Commissioners (Biographical Information, Speeches), General Counsel, Staff Director, Inspector General, Employment Opportunities, Mission and History, Federal Election Campaign Act, Twenty Year Report, 1996 through 2001 FEC Annual Reports, Offices, Procurement & Contracting, Organizational Chart, Letter to Congress-Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act; Limited English Proficiency Access Plan, FEC Budget.
FEC Services: Disclosure and Election Directory; Direct Access Program; Electronic Filing; Freedom of Information Act Requesters Guide; Guide to Researching Public Records; Help with the Campaign Finance Law; Help from Other Agencies; State Access Program; State Records Offices.
Campaign Finance Reports and Data: 1996 Presidential Campaign; 1998 House and Senate Campaigns; 1996 House and Senate Campaigns; Political Parties (1997-98 and 1995-96 Party Fundraising); Political Action Committees; 2002 House and Senate Campaigns; 2002 Party Activity; 2000 Presidential Campaign; 2000 House and Senate Campaigns; Reporting Forms and Filing Information; Campaign Finance Law Resources; Elections and Voting: Combined Federal/State Disclosure Directory; 2002 Primary Elections and Caucuses; Election Results (1996, 1998, and 2000); Registration and Turnout Statistics; Historical Demographic Statistics; Special Reports; International Voter Turnout; U.S. Election System: Constitutional and Statutory Provisions; Administrative Structure.
BCRA (Bipartisan Campaign Reform of Act of 2002); Administrative Fines - Administrative Fine Program, Regulations, Reporting Schedules; Electronic Filing; Reporting Forms and Filing Information; Electronic Filing FAQ; Register to Vote: National Mail Voter Registration Form; What's New: FEC Report Notices, News Releases, Citations.
Some issues covered include:
Obstacles to Effective Enforcement of the Federal Election Campaign Act; Coordinated Expenditure Limits: Can They Be Saved?; Strange Decisions of the Courts and the FEC-Are Stranger Things to Come?; Concurring/Dissenting Opinions and Statements of Reasons/Statements for the Record; Statement for the Record in Audits of 1996 Clinton/Gore and Dole/Kemp Campaigns; The Facts About the Federal Election Commission's Rules on Soft Money Pursuant to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002; Legislative Committees Dealing With Elections; Legislative Committees Dealing With Ethics; Public Funding of Presidential Elections: Primary Matching Funds; General Election Funding; Expenditure Limits for Public Funded Candidates; Convention Funding; Eligibility for Public Funds; Repayments of Public Funds; How Can I Support My Candidate, Obtain Copies of Reports
Contributions: Limits; Prohibited Contributions; Handling Illegal Contributions; Foreign Nationals: The Prohibition; Domestic Subsidiaries and Foreign-Owned Corporations; Volunteer Activity; Nonelection Activity by Foreign Nationals; Monitoring Prohibited Contributions; Researching Public Records: Candidates; PACS, Party and Other Committees; Individual Contributors; Public Records on Commission Activity; Restrictions on the Use of FEC Disclosure Documents; How to Obtain Information; Guide to PACs: Acronyms and Addresses.
