This page provides answers to frequently asked disclosure questions. If you don't find an answer to your question here, please contact the FEC's Public Records Office, toll free at 800-424-9530 or by e-mail at pubrec@fec.gov. The office is open to the public Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with extended hours during reporting periods.
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Campaign finance reports and data are available on the FEC web site and from the agency's Public Records Office, (800) 424-9530 (press 2, when prompted). State election offices also provide access to reports filed by candidates running in that state.
No. The Federal Election Campaign Act prohibits the sale or use of individual names and addressed listed on FEC reports. For additional information, consult our brochure, "Sale and Use of Information from FEC Reports."
Information taken from the reports committees file with the FEC is available to the public within 48 hours of the agency's receipt of the report. Reports filed electronically are available on the web almost instantaneously.
Historical data is available from the FEC's Public Records Office --call (800) 424-9530 (press 2 when prompted) or e-mail pubrec@fec.gov. The office is open to the public Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with extended hours during reporting periods.
Contact the Public Records Office for the latest list (updated monthly). Or, click here for a selected list of individuals who are either testing the waters or have declared their candidacy for the 2008 Presidential election. You may also want to search the FEC's Report Image System to check for recent candidate and committee filings, view reports and obtain more information about particular candidates.
Note that the names of the candidates that will appear on the 2008 primary election ballots will probably vary from state to state. This is because elections (including the rules for ballot access) are administered by each state, and sometimes by the political parties, according to state law. Use the Combined Federal/State Disclosure and Election Directory to contact your state’s main election office for the official ballot listing in your jurisdiction or to obtain information on how candidates get on the ballot.
