When the Federal Election Commission is broken, who loses? The American people.

The FEC, our nation’s campaign finance watchdog, has been plagued by dysfunction for years because a bloc of commissioners has taken a hands-off approach to enforcing the laws we have on the books — laws that are designed to prevent corruption and the appearance of corruption.

Moreover, the six-member FEC is chronically understaffed and underfunded — a sign of structural disregard that requires action from Congress. And between September 2019 and December 2020, the FEC only had the quorum necessary to conduct official business for 29 days. These shutdowns marked the second and third times the FEC lost its quorum since the  agency opened its doors in 1975.

Tell your members of Congress to take action to help strengthen the FEC by passing legislation to help ensure that only qualified individuals who are committed to enforcing the country’s campaign finance laws are nominated to serve as FEC commissioners.

We cannot afford an FEC that is missing in action.

Learn more about how and why the FEC is broken here.