Bloomberg BNA: “I admit when I came here [to the FEC], I was naive,” Ravel said in the phone interview Feb. 21. In her first year at the FEC, Ravel said, she “crossed party lines” and voted with the three… Continue reading

CNN: A member of the Federal Election Commission was defiant Tuesday after a nonprofit group said her request that President Donald Trump provide proof of voter fraud merited an investigation into whether her comments were inappropriate. Ellen Weintraub’s remarks were… Continue reading

Dave Levinthal for CPI: Conceivably, Trump could nominate anyone he wants to the FEC, including Libertarians or independents that share his political sensibilities. Federal law only mandates that the FEC feature no more than three commissioners from any one political… Continue reading

Departing FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel has penned this oped for the NYT.

As we have long been expecting, Federal Election Commissioner Ann Ravel has announced her resignation from the Federal Election Commission, effective March 1. For the last decade or more, beginning with the FEC tenure of Don McGahn (now the White… Continue reading