QUICK TIP: Personal funds used to pay filing or ballot statement fees are not counted toward the $2,000 threshold.
Exception: County Central Committee Candidates
• A candidate for a county central committee of a qualified political party is a local candidate. If a candidate for county central committee receives contributions of less than $2,000 and makes expenditures of less than $2,000, the candidate
is not required to file any campaign reports or statements, including the Form 410, 501, 460, and/or Form 470 unless the candidate has one or more open committees for other races. A county central committee candidate who has not raised or spent $2,000 or more for the county central committee race, but who has an open committee for another seat or past election, may have cross-filing obligations. For example, if a county central committee candidate has not raised or spent $2,000 or more in connection with the county central committee race, but has an open committee for a different office in another jurisdiction the central committee candidate will need to cross-file in both jurisdictions for the open committee on dates that semi-annual or preelection reports are triggered by the open committee. (For more information on cross-filing please see Regulation 18405 and Chapter 9 of this manual.) County central committee candidates who raise or spend $2,000 or more in a calendar year are subject to the Act’s campaign reporting requirements, and must file campaign reports and statements including a Form 501, 410, and 460.
County central committee candidates never file a Form 700, no matter how much they raise or spend.
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Chapter 2.3
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