REPORTING CHANGE
STATE FILING WAIVERS
Presidential, U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives candidates, Party Committees and PACs no longer have to file duplicate copies of their FEC campaign finance disclosure reports with the following 51 state and territory offices.*
Note: Regarding the disclosure of state and local campaign finance activity, contact the appropriate state office for information on applicable state reporting requirements.
| STATE | OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Montgomery, AL |
| Alaska | Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Juneau, AK |
| American Samoa | Election Office, Pago Pago, AS |
| Arizona | Election Services Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Phoenix, AZ |
| Arkansas | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Little Rock, AR |
| California | Political Reform Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, CA |
| Colorado | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Denver, CO |
| Connecticut | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Hartford, CT |
| Delaware | Office of the Secretary of State, Dover, DE |
| Florida | Division of Elections, Office of the Secretary of State, Tallahassee, FL |
| Georgia | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Atlanta, GA |
| Hawaii | Campaign Spending Commission, Honolulu, HI |
| Idaho | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Boise, ID |
| Illinois | Illinois State Board of Elections, Springfield, IL |
| Indiana | Indiana Election Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Indianapolis, IN |
| Iowa | Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, Des Moines, IA |
| Kansas | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Topeka, KS |
| Kentucky | Registry of Election Finance, Frankfort, KY |
| Louisiana | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, LA |
| Maine | Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices, Augusta, ME |
| Maryland | State Board of Elections, Annapolis, MD |
| Massachusetts | Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston, MA |
| Michigan | Elections Bureau, Office of the Secretary of State, Lansing, MI |
| Minnesota | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, St. Paul, MN |
| Mississippi | Office of the Secretary of State, Jackson, MS |
| Missouri | Missouri Ethics Commission, Jefferson City, MO |
| Nebraska | Accountability & Disclosure Commission, Lincoln, NE |
| Nevada | Office of the Secretary of State, Carson City, NV |
| New Hampshire | Office of the Secretary of State, Concord, NH |
| New Jersey | Division of Elections, Department of Law & Public Safety, Trenton, NJ |
| New Mexico | Office of the Secretary of State, Santa Fe, NM |
| New York | State Board of Elections, Albany, NY |
| North Carolina | State Board of Elections, Raleigh, NC |
| North Dakota | Office of the Secretary of State, Bismarck, ND |
| Ohio | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Columbus, OH |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Ethics Commission, Oklahoma City, OK |
| Oregon | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Salem, OR |
| Pennsylvania | Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation, Department of State, Harrisburg, PA |
| Rhode Island | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Providence, RI |
| South Carolina | State Election Commission, Columbia, SC |
| South Dakota | Office of the Secretary of State, Pierre, SD |
| Tennessee | Registry of Election Finance, Nashville, TN |
| Texas | Texas Ethics Commission, Austin, TX |
| Utah | Elections Office, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Vermont | Office of the Secretary of State, Montpelier, VT |
| Virginia | State Board of Elections, Richmond, VA |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Board of Elections, St. Thomas, USVI |
| Washington | Public Disclosure Commission, Olympia, WA |
| West Virginia | Office of the Secretary of State, Charleston, WV |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin State Elections Board, Madison, WI |
| Wyoming | Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State, Cheyenne, WY |
* These offices were certified by the Commission as having "a system that permits electronic access to, and duplication of, reports and statements that are filed with the Commission." 2 U.S.C. §439(c).
Presidential, U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives candidates, PACs and Party Committees must continue to simultaneously file copies of reports and statements with the appropriate offices in those states/territories not listed above (Guam, Montana, Puerto Rico) until further notice. Updates to the list of states with filing waivers will be announced on the FEC Web page, http://www.fec.gov, and in the FEC Record newsletter. For further information, contact your committee’s Reports Analyst at 800/424-9530 or 202/694-1130.
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