Registration & Reporting
Are you involved in a campaign or lobbying? Or, are you an elected or appointed official? You’re in the right place to register and report required disclosures.
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Candidates & Committees
Learn how to register your candidacy or committee and report campaign financial activity, including contributions and expenses.
Personal Financial Affairs Disclosure
Report required personal financial data at the start of a campaign and annually if you’re elected or appointed to office.
Incidental Committees
Learn if you qualify as an incidental committee and how to register and start reporting.
Lobbying
Learn how and when to report lobbying expenses and which activities must be reported.
Independent Expenditures
Learn when to report independent expenditures made in support of or opposition to a candidate or ballot measure as well as electioneering communications that identify a candidate.
Forms & Reports Directory
Know what you’re looking for? View a list of all PDC reports, with links to online filing tools.
Reporting Tips
Check out the latest updates on reporting tools and resources — as well as timely reporting tips.
09/30/2026
Starting today, Sept. 30, candidates and committees can sign up to receive filing deadline reminders by text message.
Filers may choose to receive reminders for reporting deadlines relevant to primary and general elections, April and February special elections, or for monthly…
08/11/2026
At its August 27 regular meeting, the Public Disclosure Commission will consider adoption of proposed rule change regarding case resolution by the complaint publication process. The agency is accepting public testimony on the proposed rule change now.
The complaint publication…
06/16/2026
Today, the PDC updated its online filing system for independent expenditure and electioneering communication (C-6) reports in June 2026. The changes were designed to improve user experience and align the process with other online PDC filing systems.
Independent expenditures (IE) are…
Reporting System Outages
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