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The federal government has also been involved in attempts to increase voter turnout, by measures such as the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The financing of elections has also long been controversial, because private sources make up substantial amounts of campaign contributions, especially in federal elections.
The Act established that no independent political action committee may contribute more than $1,000 to any given presidential candidate in support of a campaign. A political action committee is an organization that oversees contributions made by members for an electoral candidate. The committee then donates the funding to campaign for or against ...
The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA, Pub. L. 92–225, 86 Stat. 3, enacted February 7, 1972, 52 U.S.C. § 30101 et seq.) is the primary United States federal law regulating political campaign fundraising and spending.
At the U.S. federal level, an organization becomes a PAC when it receives or spends more than $1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election, and registers with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), according to the Federal Election Campaign Act as amended by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (also known as the McCain ...
The FEC was established in 1974, in an amendment of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), to enforce and regulate campaign finance law. [7] Initially, its six members were to be appointed by both houses of Congress and the president, reflecting a strong desire for Congress to retain control. [7]
The DISCLOSE Act bill in the U.S. Congress seeks "to prohibit foreign influence in Federal elections, to prohibit government contractors from making expenditures with respect to such elections, and to establish additional disclosure requirements with respect to spending in such elections, and for other purposes."
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the common government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, comprising 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district (national capital) of Washington, D.C ...
In federal elections, for example, political action committees have the option to choose to file reports on a "monthly" or "quarterly" basis. [18] [19] [20] This allows funds raised by PACs in the final days of the election to be spent and votes cast before the report is due and the donors identities' are known.