A critical outage has left the Federal Election Commission’s electronic filing system inaccessible for hours, disrupting campaign finance disclosures just days before a major election deadline. The agency’s IT teams are actively working to restore service after the system went down Monday night, though the cause remains under investigation. With no immediate timeline for resolution, the disruption raises concerns over transparency in political fundraising ahead of key reporting periods. The FEC has acknowledged the issue but provided no further details on its progress.
The Federal Election Commission's electronic filing system has been down for hours on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson who confirmed the agency's IT teams are working to restore the service. According to the FEC's incident update page, the agency said Monday night it is "investigating this issue," stating the FEC filing system is down. An...