Campaign Finance Filing Information
Who Must Report Campaign Related Financial Information?
There are three main types of people or organizations that are required to follow campaign finance law regarding municipal elections.
- Candidate or Candidate Committee – A candidate committee is formed by a candidate to assist in their effort to get elected. For the purposes of Campaign Finance reporting, candidates and candidate committees are treated equally and will be referred to as candidates throughout the remainder of this FAQ.
- Political Committee – A political committee is an organization, separate from the candidates themselves, whose goal is to either assist in getting a person or group of persons elected or to prevent a person or group of persons from getting elected.
- Issue Committee – An issue committee is an organization whose goal is to either assist in getting an issue on the ballot passed or to prevent an issue on the ballot from getting passed.
- Small Issue Committee – A Small Issue Committee is a classification of issue committee that has a smaller amount of contributions or expenditures. Their reporting requirements are based on the total contributions or expenditures for an election cycle and those reporting requirements may change mid-cycle if specific requirements are met.
Filing Dates
November 5, 2024 Coordinated Election
Issue Committee filing schedule for reports:
Filing Date | Report starting | Report ending |
September 3, 2024 | August 1, 2024 | August 27, 2024 |
October 1, 2024 | August 28, 2024 | September 27, 2024 |
November 1, 2024 | September 28, 2024 | October 27, 2024 |
December 5, 2024 | October 28, 2024 | December 5, 2024 |
April 1, 2025 Municipal Election
Candidate filing for the April 1, 2025 Genera Municipal Election will begin on December 31, 2024. The offices on the ballot will be the six City Council District seats.
The April 1, 2025 election filing cycle runs from October 1, 2024 through May 1, 2025.
Campaign finance filing dates:
Filing Date | Report starting | Report ending |
October 1, 2024 | May 4, 2024 | September 26, 2024 |
November 1, 2024 | September 27, 2024 | October 27, 2024 |
December 2, 2024 | October 28,2024 | November 27, 2024 |
January 2, 2025 | November 28, 2024 | December 28, 2024 |
January 15, 2025 | December 29, 2024 | January 10, 2025 |
February 3, 2025 | January 11, 2025 | January 29, 2025 |
February 17, 2025 | January 30, 2025 | February 12, 2025 |
March 3, 2025 | February 13, 2025 | February 26, 2025 |
March 17, 2025 | February 27, 2025 | March 12, 2025 |
March 28, 2025 | March 13, 2025 | March 23, 2025 |
May 1, 2025 | March 24, 2025 | May 1, 2025 |