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 SUBPART A - General Definitions


    
        
            § 100.1 Scope.

        
    
        
            § 100.2 Election (52 U.S.C. 30101(1)).

        
    
        
            § 100.3 Candidate (52 U.S.C. 30101(2)).

        
    
        
            § 100.4 Federal office (52 U.S.C. 30101(3)).

        
    
        
            § 100.5 Political committee (52 U.S.C. 30101(4), (5), and (6)).

        
    
        
            § 100.6 Connected organization (52 U.S.C. 30101(7)).

        
    
        
            § 100.7 [Reserved]

        
    
        
            § 100.8 [Reserved]

        
    
        
            § 100.9 Commission (52 U.S.C. 30101(10)).

        
    
        
            § 100.10 Person (52 U.S.C. 30101(11)).

        
    
        
            § 100.11 State (52 U.S.C. 30101(12)).

        
    
        
            § 100.12 Identification (52 U.S.C. 30101(13)).

        
    
        
            § 100.13 National committee (52 U.S.C. 30101(14)).

        
    
        
            § 100.14 State Committee, subordinate committee, district, or local committee (52 U.S.C. 30101(15)).

        
    
        
            § 100.15 Political party (52 U.S.C. 30101(16)).

        
    
        
            § 100.16 Independent expenditure (52 U.S.C. 30101(17)).

        
    
        
            § 100.17 Clearly identified (52 U.S.C. 30101(18)).

        
    
        
            § 100.18 Act (52 U.S.C. 30101(19)).

        
    
        
            § 100.19 File, filed, or filing (52 U.S.C. 30104(a)).

        
    
        
            § 100.20 Occupation (52 U.S.C. 30101(13)).

        
    
        
            § 100.21 Employer (52 U.S.C. 30101(13)).

        
    
        
            § 100.22 Expressly advocating (52 U.S.C. 30101(17)).

        
    
        
            § 100.23 [Reserved]

        
    
        
            § 100.24 Federal election activity (52 U.S.C. 30101(20)).

        
    
        
            § 100.25 Generic campaign activity (52 U.S.C. 30101(21)).

        
    
        
            § 100.26 Public communication (52 U.S.C. 30101(22)).

        
    
        
            § 100.27 Mass mailing (52 U.S.C. 30101(23)).

        
    
        
            § 100.28 Telephone bank (52 U.S.C. 30101(24)).

        
    
        
            § 100.29 Electioneering communication (52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(3)).

        
    
        
            § 100.30 [Reserved]

        
    
        
            § 100.32 [Reserved]

        
    
        
            § 100.33 Personal funds.

        
    
        
            § 100.34 [Reserved]

        
    
        
            § 100.50 [Reserved]

        
    


                
            
                
                    SUBPART B - Definition of Contribution (52 U.S.C. 30101(8))


    
        
            § 100.51 Scope.

        
    
        
            § 100.52 Gift, subscription, loan, advance or deposit of money.

        
    
        
            § 100.53 Attendance at a fundraiser or political event.

        
    
        
            § 100.54 Compensation for personal services.

        
    
        
            § 100.55 Extension of credit.

        
    
        
            § 100.56 Office building or facility for national party committees.

        
    
        
            § 100.57 [Reserved]

        
    


                
            
                
                    SUBPART C - Exceptions to Contributions


    
        
            § 100.71 Scope.

        
    
        
            § 100.72 Testing the waters.

        
    
        
            § 100.73 News story, commentary, or editorial by the media.

        
    
        
            § 100.74 Uncompensated services by volunteers.

        
    
        
            § 100.75 Use of a volunteer's real or personal property.

        
    
        
            § 100.76 Use of church or community room.

        
    
        
            § 100.77 Invitations, food, and beverages.

        
    
        
            § 100.78 Sale of food or beverages by vendor.

        
    
        
            § 100.79 Unreimbursed payment for transportation and subsistence expenses.

        
    
        
            § 100.80 Slate cards and sample ballots.

        
    
        
            § 100.81 Payments by corporations and labor organizations.

        
    
        
            § 100.82 Bank loans.

        
    
        
            § 100.83 Brokerage loans and lines of credit to candidates.

        
    
        
            § 100.84 Office building for State, local, or district party committees or organizations.

        
    
        
            § 100.85 Legal or accounting services to political party committees.

        
    
        
            § 100.86 Legal or accounting services to other political committees.

        
    
        
            § 100.87 Volunteer activity for party committees.

        
    
        
            § 100.88 Volunteer activity for candidates.

        
    
        
            § 100.89 Voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities for Presidential candidates.

        
    
        
            § 100.90 Ballot access fees.

        
    
        
            § 100.91 Recounts.

        
    
        
            § 100.92 Candidate debates.

        
    
        
            § 100.93 Travel by aircraft or other means of transportation.

        
    
        
            § 100.94 Uncompensated Internet activity by individuals that is not a contribution.

        
    


                
            
                
                    SUBPART D - Definition of Expenditure (52 U.S.C. 30101(9))


    
        
            § 100.110 Scope.

        
    
        
            § 100.111 Gift, subscription, loan, advance or deposit of money.

        
    
        
            § 100.112 Contracts, promises, and agreements to make expenditures.

        
    
        
            § 100.113 Independent expenditures.

        
    
        
            § 100.114 Office building or facility for national party committees.

        
    


                
            
                
                    SUBPART E - Exceptions to Expenditures


    
        
            § 100.130 Scope.

        
    
        
            § 100.131 Testing the waters.

        
    
        
            § 100.132 News story, commentary, or editorial by the media.

        
    
        
            § 100.133 Voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities.

        
    
        
            § 100.134 Internal communications by corporations, labor organizations, and membership organizations.

        
    
        
            § 100.135 Use of a volunteer's real or personal property.

        
    
        
            § 100.136 Use of a church or a community room.

        
    
        
            § 100.137 Invitations, food, and beverages.

        
    
        
            § 100.138 Sale of food and beverages by vendor.

        
    
        
            § 100.139 Unreimbursed payment for transportation and subsistence expenses.

        
    
        
            § 100.140 Slate cards and sample ballots.

        
    
        
            § 100.141 Payment by corporations and labor organizations.

        
    
        
            § 100.142 Bank loans.

        
    
        
            § 100.143 Brokerage loans and lines of credit to candidates.

        
    
        
            § 100.144 Office building for State, local, or district party committees or organizations.

        
    
        
            § 100.145 Legal or accounting services to political party committees.

        
    
        
            § 100.146 Legal or accounting services to other political committees.

        
    
        
            § 100.147 Volunteer activity for party committees.

        
    
        
            § 100.148 Volunteer activity for candidate.

        
    
        
            § 100.149 Voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities for Presidential candidates.

        
    
        
            § 100.150 Ballot access fees.

        
    
        
            § 100.151 Recounts.

        
    
        
            § 100.152 Fundraising costs for Presidential candidates.

        
    
        
            § 100.153 Routine living expenses.

        
    
        
            § 100.154 Candidate debates.

        
    
        
            § 100.155 Uncompensated Internet activity by individuals that is not an expenditure.
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§ 100.19 File, filed, or filing (52 U.S.C. 30104(a)).
        
        With respect to documents required to be filed under 11 CFR parts 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, and 109, and any modifications or amendments thereto, the terms 
                    file, filed, and filing
                     mean one of the actions set forth in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this section. For purposes of this section, document means any report, statement, notice, or designation required by the Act to be filed with the Commission.
        

        a.
      
      

      (a) 
                    Where to deliver reports.
                     Except for documents electronically filed under paragraph (c) of this section, a document is timely filed upon delivery to the Federal Election Commission, at the street address identified in the definition of “Commission” in § 1.2, by the close of business on the prescribed filing date.

            
              

b.
      
      

      (b) 
                    Timely filed.


1.
      
      

      (1) A document, other than those addressed in paragraphs (c) through (f) of this section, is timely filed if:


i.
      
      

      (i) Deposited:


A.
      
      

      (A) As registered or certified mail in an established U.S. Post Office;

        
    
        
            

B.
      
      

      (B) As Priority Mail or Express Mail, with a delivery confirmation, in an established U.S. Post Office; or

        
    
        
            

C.
      
      

      (C) With an overnight delivery service and scheduled to be delivered the 
                    
                    next business day after the date of deposit and recorded in the overnight delivery service's on-line tracking system; and

        
    
        
            

ii.
      
      

      (ii) The postmark on the document must be dated no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard/Daylight Time on the filing date, except that pre-election reports must have a postmark dated no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard/Daylight Time on the fifteenth day before the date of the election.

        
    
        
            

2.
      
      

      (2) Documents, other than those addressed in paragraphs (c) through (f) of this section, sent by first class mail or by any means other than those listed in paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section must be received by the close of business on the prescribed filing date to be timely filed.

        
    
        
            

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      (3) As used in this paragraph (b) of this section and in 11 CFR 104.5,


i.
      
      

      (i) Overnight delivery service means a private delivery service business of established reliability that offers an overnight (
                    i.e.
                    , next business day) delivery option.

        
    
        
            

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      (ii) Postmark means a U.S. Postal Service postmark or the verifiable date of deposit with an overnight delivery service.

            
              

c.
      
      

      (c) 
                    Electronically filed reports.
                     For electronic filing purposes, a document is timely filed when it is received and validated by the Federal Election Commission by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard/Daylight Time on the filing date.

            
              

d.
      
      

      (d) 
                    48-hour and 24-hour reports of independent expenditures
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      (1) 
                    48-hour reports of independent expenditures.
                     A 48-hour report of independent expenditures under 11 CFR 104.4(b) or 109.10(c) is timely filed when it is received by the Commission by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard/Daylight Time on the second day following the date on which independent expenditures aggregate $10,000 or more in accordance with 11 CFR 104.4(f), any time during the calendar year up to and including the 20th day before an election.

        
    
        
            

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      (2) 
                    24-hour reports of independent expenditures.
                     A 24-hour report of independent expenditures under 11 CFR 104.4(c) or 109.10(d) is timely filed when it is received by the Commission by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard/Daylight Time on the day following the date on which independent expenditures aggregate $1,000 or more, in accordance with 11 CFR 104.4(f), during the period less than 20 days but more than 24 hours before an election.

        
    
        
            

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      (3) 
                    Permissible means of filing.
                     In addition to other permissible means of filing, a 24-hour report or 48-hour report of independent expenditures may be filed using a facsimile machine or by electronic mail if the reporting entity is not required to file electronically in accordance with 11 CFR 104.18. Political committees, regardless of whether they are required to file electronically under 11 CFR 104.18, may file 24-hour reports using the Commission's website's on-line program.

            
              

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      (e) 
                    48-hour statements of last-minute contributions.
                     In addition to other permissible means of filing, authorized committees that are not required to file electronically may file 48-hour notices of contributions using facsimile machines. All authorized committees, including electronic reporting entities, may use the Commission's website's on-line program to file 48-hour notifications of contributions. 
                    See
                     11 CFR 104.5(f).

            
              

f.
      
      

      (f) 
                    24-hour statements of electioneering communications.
                     A 24-hour statement of electioneering communications under 11 CFR 104.20 is timely filed when it is received by the Commission by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard/Daylight Time on the day following the disclosure date. (
                    See
                     11 CFR 104.20(a)(1) and (b)). In addition to other permissible means of filing, a 24-hour statement of electioneering communications may be filed using a facsimile machine or by electronic mail if the reporting entity is not required to file electronically in accordance with 11 CFR 104.18.Previous section -§ 100.18 Act (52 U.S.C. 30101(19)).





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