FCC’s Media Bureau created the Electioneering Communications Data...
FCC’s Media Bureau created the Electioneering Communications Database to help users determine whether a communication sent by broadcast, cable or satellite could reach 50,000 or more people in a particular congressional district or state. If the communication can reach…
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that number, it may qualify as an “electioneering communication,” which requires every person who spends more than $10,000 on an electioneering communication in any calender year to file a statement with the Federal Election Commission that includes certain information on the communication. The database, which goes live today (Tues.), is available at http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/ecd or http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/ecd. The database is current as of Nov. 2003 and will remain unchanged through the end of the 2004 election cycle. The database was required by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.