• The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 92–225, 86 Stat. 3, enacted February 7, 1972, 52 U.S.C. § 30101...
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    the McCain–Feingold Act or BCRA (/ˈbɪkrə/ BIK-ruh), is a United States federal law that amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which regulates...
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    finance law in United States federal elections. Created in 1974 through amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act, the commission describes its...
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    defined by the Federal Election Campaign Act as funds "used for purposes in connection with the campaign to influence the federal election of the candidate"...
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    determined by the fixed-date provisions of the Canada Elections Act, which requires federal elections to be held on the third Monday in October in the fourth...
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    The Federal Elections Commission, created in 1975 by an amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act, has the responsibility to disclose campaign finance...
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  • 1971, however, Congress passed the Federal Election Campaign Act, known as FECA, requiring broad disclosure of campaign finance. In 1974, fueled by public...
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  • United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding campaign finance...
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  • Political action committee (category Campaign finance in the United States)
    with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), according to the Federal Election Campaign Act as amended by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (also...
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  • The presidential election campaign fund checkoff appears on US income tax return forms as the question "Do you want $3 of your federal tax to go to the...
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    primary law regulating campaign finance in federal elections until the passage of the Federal Election Campaign Act in 1971. The Act was signed by President...
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  • Buckley v. Valeo (category Federal Election Commission litigation)
    on campaign finance. A majority of justices held that, as provided by section 608 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, limits on election expenditures...
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  • disclosed or is difficult to trace. United States campaign finance law has been regulated by the Federal Election Commission since its creation in the wake of...
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  • Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act, or DISCLOSE Act, is a federal campaign finance reform bill that has been introduced in...
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    2020 presidential campaign Epstein, Reid J. (January 23, 2024). "Two Top Biden Aides Are Taking the Reins of His Re-election Campaign". The New York Times...
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    the long title "to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act to extend through 2018 the authority of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to impose civil...
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    Although not a mandatory requirement, Federal campaign finance laws including the Federal Election Campaign Act state that a candidate who intends to...
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    before the general election. The name of the act is a backronym for "Standardizing Testing and Accountability Before Large Elections Giving Electors Necessary...
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  • Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 "Public Funding of Presidential Elections Brochure". Federal Election Commission...
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    fixed-date Canada Elections Act. At 11 weeks, the campaign was the longest in modern Canadian history. As a result of the 2012 federal electoral redistribution...
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  • challenged the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as to whether the "Party Expenditure Provision" of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) violated...
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  • the film, and when the Federal Election Commission held that Moore's film was not a violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act, produced its own rebuttal...
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  • campaign finance. The decision held that Section 441 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which imposed a limit on contributions an individual...
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    Canadian federal election was held on September 20, 2021, to elect members of the House of Commons to the 44th Canadian Parliament. The writs of election were...
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    The Hatch Act of 1939, An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law. Its main provision prohibits civil-service employees...
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    Maurice Stans (category Members of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President)
    violating the reporting sections of the Federal Election Campaign Act and two counts of accepting illegal campaign contributions. He was fined $5,000. The...
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  • from the 2021 Canadian federal election leading up to the 45th Canadian federal election. A number of polling firms survey federal voting intentions on...
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  • McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, and the Federal Election Commission, the federal agency that oversees U.S. campaign finance laws. It was partially overruled...
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  • Save America violated the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), specifically, the provisions that prohibit federal election candidates from utilizing...
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  • The Federal Contested Elections Act of 1969 (2 U.S.C. §§ 381 et seq.) signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 5, 1969 provides a procedure...
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