MARCH 2023

All 351 cities and towns in the state now have municipal disclosure pages at www.ocpf.us.

The pages list every elected official with ties to the community if they file with OCPF, such as senators, state representatives and county elected officials.

If a city or town posts PDFs of campaign finance reports to their municipal website, we link that page to www.ocpf.us.

To find a page: 1. Go to www.ocpf.us. 2. Scroll to the bottom of the homepage. 3. Click your city or town from the map.

For a direct link, click here.

When we hold training classes for your local filers, we let them know about the most common errors made on the M102 campaign finance report.

These are the most common errors:

1. Incorrect reporting period dates.
2. Negative ending balances, usually due to not reporting candidate "out-of-pocket" expenditures correctly.
3. Lack of sufficient "purpose" information for expenditures. 

Click here for the full list of common errors on the M102

CAMPAIGN FINANCE TRAINING CLASSES ARE SCHEDULED FOR CANDIDATES WHO FILE LOCALLY:

MARCH 20 AND APRIL 11, BOTH AT NOON.

PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK WITH YOUR CANDIDATES AND THEIR CAMPAIGN TEAMS SO THEY CAN ATTEND.

The training focuses on how to raise and spend money legally, and how to file the M102 campaign finance report with your office.

Any campaign finance report with more than $1,000 in activity must be posted to your municipal website.

OCPF strongly recommends posting PDFs of all campaign finance reports, for convenient public viewing. Please click here for our memo concerning the statutory requirements.

2023 ELECTION QUICK LINKS

CLICK HERE for the filing dates calculator, to determine due dates and reporting periods.

CLICK HERE for the M102 campaign finance report.

CLICK HERE for the M109 affidavit, for candidates with no committee, balances or activity.

CLICK HERE for the local filer campaign finance checklist.