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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.

April 4, 2023 Municipal Election

The campaign finance cycle for the April 4, 2023 election begins on October 1, 2022 and runs through May 4, 2023.  Once a candidate raises or spends $20 or more towards their campaign, they must start filing campaign finance reports. Elected positions involved in the April 4, 2023 General Municipal Election are the Mayor and three At-Large City Council District seats. Candidate filing packets will be available beginning on the first work day in January 2023.  The City Clerk is the designated election official and will be conducting this election.

Campaign Finance Filing Dates

Filing Date Report Starting Report Ending

October 3, 2022

May 7, 2021 September 28, 2022
November 1, 2022 September 29, 2022 October 27, 2022
December 1, 2022 October 28, 2022 November 26, 2022
January 3, 2023 November 27, 2022 December 29, 2022
January 16, 2023 December 30, 2022 January 11, 2023
February 1, 2023 January 12, 2023 January 27, 2023
February 15, 2023 January 28, 2023 February 10, 2023
March 1, 2023 February 11, 2023 February 24, 2023
March 15, 2023 February 25, 2023 March 10, 2023
March 31, 2023 March 11, 2023 March 26, 2023
May 4, 2023 March 27, 2023 May 3, 2023