Federal
Election
Commission
Celebrates
40th
Anniversary
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April 14, 2015 -- The Federal
Election Commission celebrated the 40th anniversary of its office
opening with an open house. Originally located at 1325 K Street,
it moved to its current location at 999 E Street in 1986. Above,
Ann M. Ravel is FEC Chair for 2015; she was appointed by President
Obama and took office on Oct. 25, 2013. See the FEC 40th
Anniversary
Timeline.
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Commissioner Steven Walther with
former Commissioner Hans von Spakovsky. Walther has served as a
Commissioner since Jan. 2006, including as chairman in 2009.
von Spakovsky served as
Commissioner from Jan. 2006 to Dec. 2007. He is now a senior
legal fellow in The
Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial
Studies and manager of the think tank’s Election Law Reform Initiative. |
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Commissioner Steven Walther with
former Commissioner Scott Thomas. Thomas started at the FEC as a
legal intern in 1975 and served as
Commissioner from Oct. 1986 to Jan. 2006, including as chairman in
1987, 1993 and 1999. He is now co-leader of the public policy and
political law practice at Dickstein
Shapiro LLP.
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Bradley Smith served as
Commissioner from May 2000 to Aug. 2005 including as chairman in
2004.
He is founder and chairman of the Center
for
Competitive
Politics.
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FEC Chair Ann Ravel made brief
remarks.
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FEC Vice Chairman Matthew
Petersen made brief remarks.
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