Filed April 6, 2016
See Funding and Sponsorship of Federal Candidate Debates, 44 Fed. Reg. 76,734, 76,734 (Dec. 27, 1979); see also 11 C.F.R. § 114.4(f). In order to fall within this exemption for “nonpartisan activity,” a valid debate staging organization must be a non-profit organization that does not “endorse, support, or oppose political candidates or political parties.”