Federal Election Commission
Explanation:
The United States is governed by a federal government with elected leaders at the federal (national), state, and local levels. At the national level, the head of state, the president of the United States is indirectly elected by citizens, through electors of an electoral college. Nowadays, voters virtually always vote with the popular vote of their state.
The other positions of the federal level, the Congress of the United States, are elected directly. There are many positions elected at the state level: each state has at least one governor and one elected legislator. There are also positions elected locally, in counties and cities. It is estimated that, throughout the country, more than one million positions are elected in each electoral cycle.
The electoral law is specified by both federal and state law. The Constitution of the United States defines (with a basic scope) how federal elections are developed, in the first and second articles of the Constitution and in several amendments of the Constitution. State law regulates most aspects of the electoral law, including primary elections, voter eligibility (beyond the basic scope of the Constitution), the Electoral College system of each state and that of state and local elections. local. Funding for elections has always been a controversial issue, because private funding sources represent a large part of the contributions to electoral campaigns, especially in federal elections. Voluntary public funding for candidates willing to accept a spending limit was introduced in 1974 for the primary and presidential elections. The Federal Election Commission is responsible for publishing campaign finance information, enforcing the provisions of the law such as limits and prohibitions on contributions, and overseeing public funding of the US presidential election.
