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CPF 22 ballot question spending reports are filed by individuals, for-profit business corporations, associations and organizations. CPF 22A reports are filed by the treasurers of cities, towns, or other governmental units. File Report Individuals, groups and organizations can file their reports of electioneering activity online. What is an "Electioneering Communication"? File Online Reports of independent expenditure activity can be filed online. To begin, select your filer type: Report Log View a listing of the most recently filed reports, in descending order by filing date. Go View independent expenditure reports filed by IE PACs. The reports are grouped by year and can be filtered by filer, candidate, or date. Go View reports of electioneering communications filed by individuals, groups and associations. The reports are grouped by year and can be filtered by filer, candidate or date. Go View reports of independent expenditures filed by individuals, groups, associations, corporations, labor unions, political committees or other entities. The reports are grouped by year and can be filtered by filer, candidate or date. Go View the reports filed by candidates in special elections, grouped by seat. Go View reports filed by legislative candidates, grouped by seat, from 2002 to the present. Go View report filed by political action committees, grouped by year from 2002 to the present. Go View ballot question committee reports, grouped by ballot question. Go View reports filed by candidates with recount, legal defense or inaugural fund accounts. Go Legislative race and ballot question spending charts. Go Search all itemized contributions and expenditures for all registered filers. Go Download our entire electronic report database, account type listings, filer listings or district code listings. Go Browse a listing of all candidates and committees registered with OCPF to view reports, report data or contact information. Go View a listing of the campaign finance report filing schedules for all candidates and committees. Go View a listing of newly organized candidates and committees, with links to their organizational documents. Go Download a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or a tab-delimited text file of all filers who register with OCPF. Go OCPF welcomes requests for advisory opinions or confidential requests for reviews via email. For more information, please visit the Legal Questions section of our Legal Resources page. Go Search all sections of Ch. 55, the campaign finance law, Ch. 55C, the public financing law, and OCPF''s regulations (CMR 970), interpretive bulletins, memoranda, advisory opinions and guidance letters. Some older opinions may have been superseded by subsequent changes in the campaign finance law or by OCPF s interpretation of the statute. Please contact OCPF s Legal Department with any questions. Go OCPF audits all campaign finance reports and reviews complaints alleging violations of the campaign finance law. View the public records of the enforcement actions or rulings resulting from OCPF's audits and reviews. Go OCPF provides an unofficial version of Chapter 55. The official version of the law is printed in the Official Edition of the General Laws of Massachusetts. Go OCPF provides an unofficial version of these regulations. The official version is on file with the State Publications and Regulations Division of the Secretary of State's Office. Go OCPF issues opinions concerning prospective activities in response to questions by candidates, committees and the public. View a chronological index of all AOs issued by OCPF since 1982, with links to the full text of each opinion. Go Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Secretary, State Treasurer or State Auditor. Go All municipal offices with reporting requirements to local election officials. For example, school committee candidates, selectmen, and city councilors in cities with populations of less than 65,000. Go Mayor or City Councilor in Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Fall River, Framingham, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, Newton, Quincy, Somerville, Springfield and Worcester. Go Committees that raise and spend money to support or oppose one or more statewide, legislative, district & county, mayoral or some city council candidates, based upon stated principles or interests. These PACs organize and file periodic reports with OCPF. Go County Clerks of Court, Commissioners & Treasurers; Registers of Deeds & Probate; District Attorneys; Sheriffs and Suffolk County Clerks of Superior & Supreme Judicial Courts; Governor's Council. Go A political action committee that only receives donations to make independent expenditures, and only makes independent expenditures. Go PACs concerned only with candidates in a specific city or town. These PACs organize and file periodic reports with their local election officials. Go Please choose the candidate and committee type to get step-by-step instructions on how to organize with OCPF. There are more than 50 banks participating in Depository Reporting System. Click here for the list of banks. Statewide Offices: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor House & Senate: A candidate for the General Court is seeking a seat in the State House or State Senate County and District Offices: County Clerks of Court, Commissioners Treasurers; Registers of Deeds Probate; District Attorneys; Sheriffs and Suffolk County Clerks of Superior Supreme Judicial Courts; Governor's Council. Candidates for mayor in all cities in MA file their campaign finance reports with OCPF. City Councilor in Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Fall River, Framingham, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, Newton, Quincy, Somerville, Springfield and Worcester. A political action committee, or “PAC”, is a political committee that is organized to support or oppose a candidate or a slate of candidates who file with OCPF. Therefore, a PAC could be organized to support or oppose a particular candidate. It could also be organized to support or oppose a variety of candidates of a particular party or who support a particular cause. A PAC is separate from a candidate’s committee. A Ballot Question Committee is a person or group of people who raise or spend money to support or oppose a question put to voters at a state election. An IEPAC is a political action committee that receives contributions to make independent expenditures, and only makes independent expenditures. Start using OCPF Reporter to prepare and file an Independent Spending Report. Candidates for office in a city or town who file campaign finance reports with their local election officials (city or town clerk or election commission). Appoint a Chair and a Treasurer for your committee. Prepare and file your reports with your local election official. Committees that raise or spend money to support or oppose a question put to voters in a municipal election Appoint a Chair and a Treasurer for your committee. Prepare and file your reports with your local election official. M.G.L. Chapter 52 regulates the process by which local political party committees are formed. Ward and town committee members of each party are elected at the presidential primary by those who have voted in that particular party. The members of the various ward committees of a political party in a city constitute the city committee. Appoint a Chair and a Treasurer for your committee. Committees that raise and spend money to support or oppose one or more city or town candidates who do not file with OCPF, based upon stated principles or interests. Appoint a Chair and a Treasurer for your committee. Prepare and file your reports with your local election official. What is the Depository Reporting System? The depository reporting system was established by Section 19 of M.G.L. Chapter 55, the Massachusetts campaign finance law. Candidates and committees in this reporting system arrange for their financial institutions to file twice-monthly reports with OCPF listing their total monthly deposits and providing detailed information about the committee s expenditures. In addition, these candidates and committees file twice-monthly reports of contribution information, and, if applicable, detailed monthly reports for any reimbursement, subvendor or credit card payments made by the committee. These candidates and committees are also responsible for filing year-end summary reports. Who files in the Depository Reporting System? Statewide (Constitutional) Offices Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Secretary, State Treasurer or State Auditor. Legislative Offices House and Senate. County and District Offices County Clerks of Court, Commissioners and Treasurers; Registers of Deeds and Probate; District Attorneys; Sheriffs and Suffolk County Clerks of the Superior and Supreme Judicial Courts. Governor s Council One of the eight district seats of the Executive Council. Mayors All mayoral candidates file in the depository system. City Councilors in Cities with65,000+ Populations This includes the communities of Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Fall River, Framingham, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, Newton, Quincy, Somerville, Springfield and Worcester. State Party Committees The state committees of political parties organized under M.G.L. chapter 52, section 1. State Political Action Committees (PACs) PACs and People s Committees. Who are the "Non-depository" Candidates and Committees? Non-depository candidates and committees are candidates the Barnstable Assembly of Delegates, local party committees and ballot question committees These candidates and committees file directly with OCPF. Local party committees file an annual year-end report, with two extra reports due in years in which they support or oppose candidates on the ballot: a pre-primary report and a pre-election report. Ballot question committees file on a slightly different schedule before and after the election. With the exception of the depository candidates noted above, municipal candidates and committees, including local ballot question committees, file locally based on the dates of their local elections. Those reports are available from local city or town clerks or election commissions. Mayoral Pre-Election Reports DueFor candidates in cities with populations of less than 75,000.Click here for the list of cities. Agawam, Amesbury, Attleboro, Beverly, Braintree, Chicopee, Easthampton, Everett, Fitchburg, Framingham, Gardner, Gloucester, Greenfield, Haverhill, Holyoke, Leominster, Malden, Marlboro, Medford, Melrose, Methuen, Newburyport, North Adams, Northampton, Peabody, Pittsfield, Revere, Salem, Taunton, Waltham, West Springfield, Westfield, Weymouth and Woburn. AgawamAmesburyAttleboroBeverlyBostonBraintree BrocktonCambridgeChicopeeEasthamptonEverettFall River FitchburgFraminghamGardnerGloucesterGreenfieldHaverhill HolyokeLawrenceLeominsterLowellLynnMalden MarlboroMedfordMelroseMethuenNewburyportNew Bedford NewtonNorth AdamsNorthamptonPeabodyPittsfieldQuincy RevereSalemSomervilleSpringfieldTauntonWaltham West SpringfieldWestfieldWeymouthWoburnWorcester

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