Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political FinanceAll filers registered with OCPF can file their periodic campaign finance reports and late contribution reports online using Reporter 6. File Online
CPF 22 ballot question spending reports are filed by individuals, for-profit business corporations, associations and organizations.
CPF 22A reports are filed by the treasurers of cities, towns, or other governmental units.
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Individuals, groups and organizations can file their reports of electioneering activity online.
What is an "Electioneering Communication"?
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Reports of independent expenditure activity can be filed online. To begin, select your filer type:
IEPAC reports include contributor information.
View a listing of the most recently filed reports, in descending order by filing date.
GoView independent expenditure reports filed by IE PACs. The reports are grouped by year and can be filtered by filer, candidate, or date.
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View reports of electioneering communications filed by individuals, groups and associations. The reports are grouped by year and can be filtered
by filer, candidate or date.
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View reports of independent expenditures filed by individuals, groups, associations, corporations, labor unions, political committees or
other entities. The reports are grouped by year and can be filtered by filer, candidate or date.
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View the reports filed by candidates in special elections, grouped by seat.
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View reports filed by legislative candidates, grouped by seat, from 2002 to the present.
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View report filed by political action committees, grouped by year from 2002 to the present.
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View ballot question committee reports, grouped by ballot question.
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View reports filed by candidates with recount, legal defense or inaugural fund accounts.
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Search all itemized contributions and expenditures for all registered filers.
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Search all sections of Ch. 55, the campaign finance law, Ch. 55C, the public financing law, and OCPF''s regulations
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OCPF audits all campaign finance reports and reviews complaints alleging violations of the campaign finance law.
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Chapter 55 is the Massachusetts general law governing campaign finance.
OCPF provides an unofficial version of Chapter 55. The official version of
the law is printed in the Official Edition of the General Laws of Massachusetts.
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The campaign finance activity regulations promulgated by OCPF.
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Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Secretary, State Treasurer or State Auditor.
GoAll municipal offices with reporting requirements to local election officials. For example, school committee candidates, selectmen, and city councilors in cities with populations of less than 65,000.
GoMayor or City Councilor in Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Fall River, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, Newton, Quincy, Somerville, Springfield and Worcester.
GoCommittees that raise and spend money to support or oppose one or more statewide, legislative, district & county, mayoral or some city council candidates, based upon stated principles or interests. These PACs organize and file periodic reports with OCPF.
GoCounty Clerks of Court, Commissioners & Treasurers; Registers of Deeds & Probate; District Attorneys; Sheriffs and Suffolk County Clerks of Superior & Supreme Judicial Courts; Governor's Council.
GoA political action committee that only receives donations to make independent expenditures, and only makes independent expenditures.
GoFor questions appearing on the ballot of the next state election.
GoFor questions appearing on the ballot of a city or town election.
GoPACs concerned only with candidates in a specific city or town. These PACs organize and file periodic reports with their local election officials.
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What is the Depository Reporting System?
The depository reporting system was established by Section 19 of M.G.L. Chapter 55, the Massachusetts campaign finance law.
Candidates and committees in this reporting system arrange for their financial institutions to file twice-monthly reports with OCPF listing their total monthly deposits and providing detailed information about the committee's expenditures. In addition, these candidates and committees file twice-monthly reports of contribution information, and, if applicable, detailed monthly reports for any reimbursement, subvendor or credit card payments made by the committee.
These candidates and committees are also responsible for filing year-end summary reports.
Who files in the Depository Reporting System?
Who are the "Non-depository" Candidates and Committees?
Non-depository candidates and committees are candidates for the state legislature or the Barnstable Assembly of Delegates, local party committees, ballot question committees and the mayoral candidates in cities with populations less than 75,000, which include:
| Agawam | Amesbury | Attleborough | Beverly | Braintree | |
| Chicopee | Easthampton | Everett | Fitchburg | Framingham | Gardner |
| Gloucester | Greenfield | Haverhill | Holyoke | Leominster | |
| Malden | Marlboro | Medford | Melrose | Methuen | |
| Pittsfield | Revere | Salem | Taunton | Waltham | |
| West Springfield | Newburyport | North Adams | Northampton | ||
| Peabody | Westfield | Weymouth | Woburn | ||
These candidates and committees file directly with OCPF. Legislative candidates file two reports in a non-election year: a mid-year report and a year-end report. In an election year, they file three reports: a pre-primary report, a pre-election report and a year-end report.
Local party committees file an annual year-end report, with two extra reports due in years in which they support or oppose candidates on the ballot: a pre-primary report and a pre-election report.
Ballot question committees file on a slightly different schedule before and after the election.
With the exception of the depository candidates noted above, municipal candidates and committees, including local ballot question committees, file locally based on the dates of their local elections. Those reports are available from local city or town clerks or election commissions.
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30 Oct 2017 |
Mayoral Pre-Election Reports Due For candidates in cities with populations of less than 75,000. Click here for the list of cities. |
Agawam, Amesbury, Attleboro, Beverly, Braintree, Chicopee, Easthampton, Everett, Fitchburg, Framingham, Gardner, Gloucester, Greenfield, Haverhill, Holyoke, Leominster, Malden, Marlboro, Medford, Melrose, Methuen, Newburyport, North Adams, Northampton, Peabody, Pittsfield, Revere, Salem, Taunton, Waltham, West Springfield, Westfield, Weymouth and Woburn.
