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      North Carolina special election reporting: 3rd district (2019)

FEC Record: ReportingNorth Carolina special election reporting: 3rd district (2019)March 13, 2019 North Carolina has scheduled special elections to fill the 3rd Congressional District House seat of the late Representative Walter B. Jones, Jr. The Special Primary will be April 30, 2019. If the Special Runoff is needed, it will take place on July 9, 2019, and the Special General will be September 10, 2019. If a Special Runoff Election is not necessary, the Special General Election will be held on July 9, 2019. Filing schedule for candidates Candidate committees involved in only the Special Primary Election (04/30/19) must follow this reporting schedule:
 Report
Reporting period
Reg./cert. & overnight mailing deadline
Filing deadlineApril Quarterly

---- WAIVED ----Pre-Primary
01/01/19 - 04/10/19
04/15/19
04/18/1948-Hour Notices
04/11/19 - 04/27/19
n/a
See supp filing infoJuly Quarterly
04/11/19 - 06/30/19
07/15/19
07/15/19
 If only two elections are held, candidate committees involved in both the Special Primary Election (04/30/19) and Special General Election (07/09/19) must follow this reporting schedule:
 Report
Reporting period
Reg./cert. & overnight mailing deadline
Filing deadlineApril Quarterly

---- WAIVED ----Pre-Primary
01/01/19 - 04/10/19
04/15/19
04/18/1948-Hour Notices
04/11/19 - 04/27/19
n/a
See supp filing infoPre-General
04/11/19 - 06/19/19
06/24/19
06/27/1948-Hour Notices
06/20/19 - 07/06/19
n/a
See supp filing infoJuly Quarterly
06/20/19 - 06/30/19
07/15/19
07/15/19

Post-General
07/01/19 - 07/29/19
08/08/19
08/08/19October Quarterly
07/30/19 - 09/30/19
10/15/19
10/15/19
 If three elections are held, candidate committees involved in only the Special Primary Election (04/30/19) and the Special Runoff Election (07/09/19) must follow this reporting schedule:
 Report
Reporting period
Reg./cert. & overnight mailing deadline
Filing deadlineApril Quarterly

---- WAIVED ----Pre-Primary
01/01/19 - 04/10/19
04/15/19
04/18/1948-Hour Notices
04/11/19 - 04/27/19
n/a
See supp filing infoPre-Runoff
04/11/19 - 06/19/19
06/24/19
06/27/1948-Hour Notices
06/20/19 - 07/06/19
n/a
See supp filing infoJuly Quarterly
06/20/19 - 06/30/19
07/15/19
07/15/19
 If three elections are held, candidate committees involved in the Special Primary Election (04/30/19), the Special Runoff Election (07/09/19) and the Special General Election (09/10/19) must follow this reporting schedule:
 Report
Reporting period
Reg./cert. & overnight mailing deadline
Filing deadlineApril Quarterly

---- WAIVED ----Pre-Primary
01/01/19 - 04/10/19
04/15/19
04/18/1948-Hour Notices
04/11/19 - 04/27/19
n/a
See supp filing infoPre-Runoff
04/11/19 - 06/19/19
06/24/19
06/27/1948-Hour Notices
06/20/19 - 07/06/19
n/a
See supp filing infoJuly Quarterly
06/20/19 - 06/30/19
07/15/19
07/15/19

Pre-General
07/01/19 - 08/21/19
08/26/19
08/29/1948-Hour Notices
08/22/19 - 09/07/19
n/a
See supp filing infoPost-General
08/22/19 - 09/30/19
10/10/19
10/10/19October Quarterly

---- WAIVED ----Year-End
10/01/19 - 12/31/19
01/31/20
01/31/20
 Additional details are available on the Commission’s website. Filing schedule for PACs and party committees Quarterly-filing PACs and party committees that participate in this election generally follow the schedule outlined above, but do not file 48-hour notices for last-minute contributions. PACs and party committees that file monthly must continue to file according to their regular filing schedule. Additional details are available in the Federal Register notice. Filing electronically Reports filed electronically must be received and validated by the Commission by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the applicable filing deadline. Electronic filers who instead file on paper or submit an electronic report that does not pass the Commission’s validation program by the filing deadline will be considered nonfilers and may be subject to enforcement actions, including administrative fines. Timely filing for paper filers Registered and certified mail Pre-election reports sent by registered or certified mail must be postmarked on or before the mailing deadline to be considered timely filed; other reports must be postmarked by the filing deadline. A committee sending its reports by certified or registered mail should keep its mailing receipt with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) postmark as proof of mailing because the USPS does not keep complete records of items sent by certified or registered mail. Overnight mail Reports filed via overnight mail will be considered timely filed if the report is received by the delivery service on or before the mailing/filing deadline. “Overnight mail” includes Priority or Priority Express Mail having a delivery confirmation, or an overnight service with which the report is scheduled for next business day delivery and is recorded in the service’s online tracking system. A committee sending its reports by Priority Mail or Priority Express Mail, or by an overnight delivery service, should keep its proof of mailing or other means of transmittal of its reports. Other means of filing Reports sent by other means—including first class mail and courier— must be received by the FEC before the Commission’s close of business on the filing deadline. (If the deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, such filers should plan accordingly and file reports by the close of business on the last business day before the filing deadline.) Forms are available for downloading and printing at the FEC’s website. 48-hour contribution notices A participating candidate’s principal campaign committee must file a 48-hour notice each time it receives a contribution of $1,000 or more per source during the periods listed in the charts. 24- and 48-hour reports of independent expenditures Political committees and other persons must file 24-hour reports of independent expenditures that aggregate $1,000 or more made less than 20 days but more than 24 hours before an election. For the special elections, the 24-hour reporting periods are: For the special primary: April 11-April 28, 2019;For the special primary runoff (if held): June 20-July 7, 2019;For the special general (if runoff is not held): June 20-July 7, 2019; andFor the special general (if runoff held): August 22-September 8, 2019. Prior to those periods, committees and other persons must file 48-hour reports of independent expenditures that aggregate $10,000 or more. Learn more about reporting independent expenditures. Electioneering communications The 30-day electioneering communications period in connection with the Special Primary runs from March 31 through April 30, 2019. If only two elections are held, the 60-day electioneering communications period in connection with the Special General runs from May 10 through July 9, 2019. If three elections are held, the 30-day electioneering communications period in connection with the Special Primary Runoff runs from June 9 through July 9, 2019. The 60-day electioneering communications period in connection with the Special General runs from July 12 through September 10, 2019. Disclosure of lobbyist bundling activity Campaign committees, party committees and leadership PACs that are otherwise required to file reports in connection with the special elections must simultaneously file Form 3L if they receive two or more bundled contributions from any lobbyist/registrant or lobbyist/registrant PAC that aggregate in excess of $18,700 during the special election reporting periods.
 Citations Statute 52 U.S.C. 30104(a)Filing requirements Regulations 11 CFR 100.19
    Timely filed reports; electronically filed reports 11 CFR 100.29(a)
    Definition of electioneering communication 11 CFR 104.4(b)(2) and (c) and
    109.10(c) and (d)
    Reports of independent expenditures made at any time up to and including the
20th day before an election and those made less than 20 days, but more than 24
hours before the day of an election 11 CFR 104.5(a),
(c), (e), (f), (h), and (i)Filing dates for candidates; filing dates for committees that are not
authorized committees of candidates; date of filing; 48-hour notice of
contributions; special election reports; retaining proof of mailing 11 CFR 104.18(a)(2) and
    (e)
    Mandatory electronic filing and validation program 11 CFR 104.22(a)(5)(v) and
    (b)
    Disclosure of bundling by lobbyist/registrants and lobbyist/registrant PACs
for runoffs and special elections; reporting requirement 11 CFR 110.17(e)(2) and
    (f)
    Lobbyist/registrant and lobbyist/registrant PAC contribution bundling
disclosure threshold
 Resources North Carolina 3rd district special election prior notice2019 reporting datesNorth Carolina 3rd district special election compliance pageFederal Register notice
 Author
          David GarrCommunications Specialist


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