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      Mississippi special election reporting: 1st district (2015)

FEC Record: ReportingMississippi special election reporting: 1st district (2015)March 23, 2015 Mississippi-1st-districtThe
    Special General to fill the 1st Congressional District House seat of the late Representative Alan Nunnelee will be held May 12, 2015. Under Mississippi law, a majority winner in the nonpartisan Special General Election is declared elected. Should
    no candidate achieve a majority vote, a Special Runoff Election will be held on June 2, 2015, between the top two vote-getters in the Special General Election. Candidate committees involved in these elections must follow the reporting schedule posted at https://transition.fec.gov/pages/report_notices/2015/ms01.shtml. That schedule also applies to PACs and party committees that file on a semi-annual basis in 2015 and participate in these elections. PACs and party committees that file monthly should continue to file according to their regular filing schedule. **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 mail should keep its certified mailing receipt with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) postmark as proof of filing because the USPS does not keep complete records of items sent by certified mail. A committee sending its
    report by registered mail should keep its proof of mailing. Note that a certificate of mailing from the USPS is not sufficient to prove that a report is timely filed using registered, certified or overnight mail. 52 U.S.C. §30104(a)(5) and 11 CFR
    100.19 and 104.5(e) and (i). *Overnight mail*. Reports filed via overnight mail [fn1] will be considered timely filed if the report is received by the delivery service on or before the mailing/filing deadline. A committee sending its reports by Priority Mail Express,
    or by an overnight delivery service, should keep its proof of mailing or other means of transmittal of its reports. 52 U.S.C. § 30104(a)(5) and 11 CFR 100.19 and 104.5(e). *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 prescribed filing date. (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.) 11 CFR 100.19 and 104.5(e). Forms are available for downloading and printing at the FEC’s website and from FEC Faxline, the agency’s automated
    fax system (202/501-3413). **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 between April 23 and May 9 for the Special General, and between May 14 and May 30 for the Special Runoff Election,
    if that election is held. **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 between April 23 and May 10 for the Special General, and between May 14 and May 31 for the Special Runoff (if held). This requirement
    is in addition to that of filing 48-hour reports of independent expenditures that aggregate $10,000 or more during the calendar year up to and including the 20th day before an election. The 48-hour reporting requirement applies to independent expenditures
    that aggregate at or above $10,000 prior to April 23 for the Special General, and prior to May 14 for the Special Runoff (if held). **Electioneering communications**
     The 60-day electioneering communications period in connection with the Special General Election runs from March 13 through May 12. The 60-day electioneering communications period for the Special Runoff Election (if held) runs from April 3 through
    June 2. **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 FEC Form 3L if they receive two or more bundled contributions from any lobbyist/registrant
    or lobbyist/registrant PAC that aggregate in excess of $17,600 during the special election reporting periods. 11 CFR 104.22(a)(5)(v) and (b). For more information on these requirements, see the March 2009 Record. *1 “Overnight mail” includes Priority or 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.* *Photo credit: NationalAtlas.gov* **Resources:** Mississippi 1st district special election prior notice
    2015 reporting dates
    Mississippi 1st district special election compliance page
    Federal RegisterNotice [PDF]
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          Katherine CarothersSr. Communications Specialist


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This information is not intended to replace the law or to change its meaning, nor does this information create or confer any rights for or on any person or bind the Federal Election Commission or the public. The reader is encouraged also to consult the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), Commission regulations (Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Commission advisory opinions and applicable court decisions.


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