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When you register a candidate's election campaign or a political committee, you chose full or mini reporting. A candidate who chooses mini submits only one other document, the F-1 personal financial affairs statement. A political committee that picks mini reporting has no additional reports to… read more

The amount that a political party may donate to your election campaign depends on how many registered voters there are in the jurisdiction where you're running. If you don't have that number entered into ORCA, even a $1 contribution will make ORCA say that they gave too much.

If you're… read more

Candidates for port districts face contribution limits many for the first time under a new state law that takes effect July 28

House Bill 1375 removes the population threshold that currently determines which port districts are subject to contribution limits. That threshold 200,000… read more

Filing fees are a permissible expenditure for a candidate's campaign committee. (Click here for more information on permissible expenditures.) Candidates registered under full reporting report the expenditure (or reimbursement, in-kind loan or in-kind contribution if the candidate or other party… read more

Puzzled as to how to report transaction fees from your online contributions in ORCA? Enter the full amount of the contribution that was authorized by the donor, including the transaction fee (+Monetary Contributions under Contributions). Then enter the transaction fee as an expense paid to the… read more

On Monday, May 13, the Public Disclosure Commission will release a new web-based application designed to simplify the registration process for candidates and political committees.

The new system, built for users through a process that engaged members of the public as project team members… read more

Recycling yard signs from a previous campaign? Make sure you report the use of the signs correctly.

How to disclose the re-use of yard signs depends on whether you are using signs from a campaign for the same office or a different office. If the signs were originally used in a prior run… read more

Are you planning on sending out large groups of emails to campaign supporters? Keep in mind, if you send out 100 or more identical or substantially similar emails, letters, or text messages within a 30-day period, this is considered a "mass communication" and sponsor identification is required… read more

When you've entered contributions that your campaign receives into ORCA, you're not done yet. You have to show that you've put that money into the bank. 

To do so, click on "Make a Deposit." The date field in the upper left is for the date that you made that deposit. You will check… read more