Guam General Runoff

GENERAL ELECTION REPORT NOTICE

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

GUAM

October 15, 2012

POLITICAL COMMITTEES INVOLVED IN BOTH THE GENERAL (11/06/12) AND THE GENERAL RUNOFF (11/20/12) MUST FILE:

REPORT	REPORTING PERIOD 1	REG./CERT. & OVERNIGHT MAILING DEADLINE	FILING DEADLINE
Pre-General	10/01/12 - 10/17/12	10/22/12	10/25/12
48 Hour Notices	10/18/12 - 11/03/12	-- GU general candidates only - see filing info --
Pre-Runoff	10/18/12 - 10/31/12	11/08/12 2	11/08/12
48 Hour Notices	11/01/12 - 12/17/12	-- GU runoff candidates only - see filing info --
Post-Runoff	11/01/12 - 12/10/12	12/20/12	12/20/12
Year-End	12/11/12 - 12/31/12	01/31/13	01/31/13

IF RUNOFF ELECTION IS HELD, POLITICAL COMMITTEES INVOLVED IN ONLY THE GENERAL (11/06/12) MUST FILE:

REPORT	REPORTING PERIOD 1	REG./CERT. & OVERNIGHT MAILING DEADLINE	FILING DEADLINE
Pre-General	10/01/12 - 10/17/12	10/22/12	10/25/12
48 Hour Notices	10/18/12 - 11/03/12	-- GU general candidates only - see filing info --
Post-General	10/18/12 - 11/26/12	12/06/12	12/06/12
Year-End	11/27/12 - 12/31/12	01/31/13	01/31/13

WHO MUST FILE

The following committees must file the Guam Pre-General/Runoff Report(s):

Principal campaign committees of congressional candidates 3 (including unopposed candidates and candidates whose names do not appear on the ballot) who seek election in the primary election must file the above reports and notices. 4
PACs and party committees filing on a quarterly basis in 2010 are subject to pre-election reporting if they make previously undisclosed contributions or expenditures (including independent expenditures) in connection with an election by the close of books of the applicable report(s).

Before a committee can stop filing with the FEC, it must file a termination report with the Commission. See 11 CFR 102.3. Committees must continue to file reports until the Commission notifies them in writing that their termination report has been accepted.

SUPPLEMENTAL FILING INFORMATION

FOOTNOTES:

1 These dates indicate the beginning and the end of the reporting period. A reporting period always begins the day after the closing date of the last report filed. If the committee is new and has not previously filed a report, the first report must cover all activity that occurred before the committee registered up through the close of books for the first report due.

2 The mailing deadline is the same as the filing deadline because the computed mailing deadline would fall one day before the general election is held. Please note that the FEC's website had initially listed the computed mailing deadline for Guam. That error has been corrected.

3 Generally, an individual becomes a candidate for federal office (and thus triggers registration and reporting obligations) when his or her campaign exceeds $5,000 in either contributions or expenditures. If the campaign has not crossed the $5,000 threshold, it is not required to file reports. See 11 CFR 100.3(a) and 11 CFR 104.5(a).

4 If a candidate has more than one authorized committee, the principal campaign committee must also file a consolidated report on Form 3Z [PDF].