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Jan 19, 2024 · Candidates, committees, and electioneering communications organizations must file campaign finance reports. Candidates for President, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Representative report campaign finance activity to the Federal Election Commission, not to the Division of Elections.
- Florida Elected Officials
- Florida Supervisors of Elections
- Duties and Responsibilities
- contribution is:
- General Requirements
- Checks
- Independent Expenditures
- Debit Cards
- Deadlines for Making Contributions to Candidates (See Appendix D)
- Bookkeeping
- Returning Contributions
- Reporting Expenditures
- Reporting Other Distributions
- Accessing the EFS
- Submitting Reports
- The exceptions are:
- Examples of Disclaimers
- Disclosure requirements:
- Chapter 15: Florida Elections Commission
- 14. Is there a fee to register as a political committee?
- 18. What are the consequences of an out-of-state political entity or a federal political action committee (PAC) contributing to a Florida political committee?
- First, if the out-of-state political entity or federal PAC is not itself receiving “contributions,
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The campaign treasurer must: Keep detailed accounts of all contributions received and all expenditures made by or on behalf of the political committee. Such accounts must be kept current within not more than two days after the date a contribution is received or an expenditure is made. Keep detailed accounts of all deposits made in any separate inte...
A gift, subscription, conveyance, deposit, loan, payment or distribution of money or anything of value made for the purpose of influencing the results of an election or making an electioneering communication. These include contributions in-kind having an attributable monetary value in any form. A transfer of funds between political committees, betw...
political committee shall: Pay all campaign expenditures by a check drawn on the campaign account (except petty cash); Pay for all expenses authorized or incurred for the purchase of goods or services upon final delivery and acceptance of the goods or services; and Pay for public utilities such as telephone, electric, gas, water and like services w...
Note: Only a campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer is allowed to sign checks drawn on the campaign account. The campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer who signs a check shall be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information on the check and for ensuring it is an authorized expenditure.
An independent expenditure means an expenditure made by a person for the purpose of expressly advocating the election or defeat of a candidate or issue, which expenditure is not controlled by, coordinated with, or made upon consultation with, any candidate, political committee, or agent of such candidate or committee. An expenditure for such purpos...
Debit cards may be used in lieu of campaign checks and are considered bank checks if the following conditions are met: The debit card is obtained from the same bank as the primary campaign depository. The debit card is issued in the name of the treasurer, deputy treasurer or authorized user. The debit card contains the name of the campaign account ...
Any contribution received by a candidate with opposition in an election, or the campaign treasurer or deputy campaign treasurer, on the day of that election or less than five days prior to the day of that election must be returned to the contributor. It may not be used or expended by or on behalf of the candidate. The primary and general elections ...
The Division offers the following best practices to help campaign treasurers in setting up a system to record and maintain campaign information. Keep a schedule of due dates for campaign treasurer’s reports. For a calendar of election and reporting dates, see Calendar of Reporting Dates on the Division’s website. Know what period of time each repor...
If the contribution to be returned has not been deposited into the campaign account, report the contribution on Form DS-DE 2, Contributions Returned. This form can be downloaded from the Division’s website at dos.myflorida.com/elections/forms-publications/forms. If the contribution has been deposited into the campaign account: Report the contribut...
Each report must contain: Full name and address of each person to whom expenditures have been made, along with the amount, date, and clear purpose of the expenditure. Name, address, and office sought by each candidate on whose behalf such expenditure was made. Full name and address of each person to whom an expenditure for personal services, salary...
Every distribution should be reported during the coverage period when the distribution actually occurred, as is the case with the expenditures and contributions. The related distribution(s) and expenditure can and often do occur in different reporting periods.
The EFS can be accessed at efs.dos.state.fl.us. The Division provides each person filing a report an identification number and initial password to gain entry. After logging in using the initial password, the system will prompt the user to change it to a confidential one. A person given a secure sign-on to the EFS is responsible for protecting t...
Reports will be held in pending status until the report is ready to be filed. Each person eligible to file a report will receive a PIN (personal identification number) that allows the person to file reports via the EFS. A person’s PIN is considered the same as that person’s signature on a filed report.
A communication disseminated through a means of communication other than a television station, radio station, cable television system, satellite system, newspaper, magazine, direct mail, telephone, or statement or depiction by an organization, in existence before the time during which a candidate named or depicted qualifies for that election, made ...
Political advertisement by a political committee for a candidate representing that the political committee supports the candidate, paid for in-kind by the committee, with specific approval from the committee in writing: Political advertisement by a political committee supporting or opposing an issue: Political advertisement by a political committee...
Any person or organization that conducts any business in this state which consists of making paid telephone calls supporting or opposing any candidate or elected public official must, prior to conducting such business, have and continuously maintain, for at least 180 days following the cessation of such business activities in the state, a registere...
The Florida Elections Commission (FEC) is a separate and independent entity from the Division. The FEC consists of nine members appointed by the Governor from lists of names submitted by legislative leaders.
No, there is no fee to register as a political committee.
Depending upon the circumstances of how the out-of-state entity, federal PAC, or another state’s PAC collects its donations and makes expenditures in Florida, one of two different scenarios could result.
they, like any other contributor, can give unlimited contributions to one or more Florida political committees unless the committee is sponsoring or opposing a constitutional amendment proposed by initiative. (A $3,000 limit exists until the initiative achieves ballot position.) “Contributions” are defined as only those made for the purpose of in...
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The government of Florida is established and operated according to the Constitution of Florida and is composed of three branches of government: the executive branch consisting of the governor of Florida and the other elected and appointed constitutional officers; the legislative branch, the Florida Legislature, consisting of the Senate and ...
The Florida Election Code is comprised of Chapters 97-106, Florida Statutes. Chapter 106, Florida Statutes, regulates campaign financing for all candidates, including judicial candidates, political committees, electioneering communications organizations, and political parties.
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Florida Department of State DE Reference Guide 0017 – PCs and ECOs (01/2018) Page 3 of 4 Political Committee (PC) Electioneering Communication Organization (ECO) Where to File Division of Elections –if supports or opposes statewide, legislative, or multicounty candidates or issues. Supervisor of Elections – if supports or
COMPARISON CHART. Political Committee (PC) Electioneering Communication Organization (ECO) Purpose. To support or oppose any candidate, issue*, PC, ECO, or political party. May make independent expenditures. May make electioneering communications (if political committee supports candidates).
