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      Comment sought on disclosure of independent expenditures in presidential primaries (2014)

FEC Record: RegulationsComment sought on disclosure of independent expenditures in presidential primaries (2014)January 30, 2014 The Commission is asking for public comment on three  alternative drafts of an interpretive rule designed to clarify how and when political  committees report independent expenditures for presidential primary elections  that do not reference or target a particular state. Though the drafts are similar in some respects, the specific  reporting methods and triggers for 24- and 48-hour independent expenditure  reports differ. Draft A proposes that a committee  divide the cost of its independent expenditure by the number of states that  have not yet held a presidential primary. The committee would report the  portion of the expenditure that is attributable to each state's primary election  as a separate expenditure, filing any 24- and 48-hour reports that are  necessary for any of those expenditures. Draft B suggests a committee use the  first day of the candidate's nominating convention as the date of the primary  election for the purposes of determining whether and when it reaches the  applicable thresholds for 24- and 48-hour reports. The committee would use memo  text entries to identify its independent expenditures as “nationwide  expenditures,” instead of reporting states where the expenditure was made. Draft C is similar to Draft B, but proposes  that a committee use the date of the next upcoming primary election to determine  whether and when the 24- and 48-hour report thresholds have been reached. The “Draft Notices  of Interpretive Rule Regarding Reporting Nationwide Independent Expenditures in  Presidential Primary Elections” are available on the FEC  website. Comments on the proposals should be addressed to the Commission  Secretary and may be sent by mail, fax (202-208-3333) or email (secretary@fec.gov).  Comments are due by noon on February 20, 2014. **Resources:** Commission consideration of interpretive rule drafts,       Agenda Doc. 2014-7            Draft Notices of Interpretive Rule Regarding Reporting Nationwide Independent       Expenditures in Presidential Primary Elections [PDF]
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          Alex Knott


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