CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING DATES Office of Elections and Voter Registration Department of Finance and Administration
Frances D. Pratt, Director of Elections and Voter Registration
Greene County Office Building, 1st Floor
93 East High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370
Phone: 724-852-5230 / Fax: 724-852-5321
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday
NOTE: Not applicable to candidates running for Federal offices.
POSTMARKS — are acceptable as proof of timely filing where the report is postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service no later than the day prior to the filing deadline.
Click here for a printable version of the PA Department of State Campaign Finance Report Filing Dates/Information.
NOTE — All dates are subject to change without notice in the event of passage of any amendatory legislation.
SIXTH TUESDAY PRE-PRIMARY or PRE-ELECTION REPORTS:
The 6th Tuesday Pre-Primary or Pre-Election Reports are required to be files only by candidates for statewide office, theri authorized candidate committees, and any political committee or lobbyist that has mad an expenditure to influence the election of a statewide candidate. In 2010, statewide offices appearing on the ballot include the following:
GOVERNOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Political committees/lobbyists that have not made an expenditure to influence the election of a candidate for the statewide offices listed above do not need to file the Sixth Tuesday Pre-Primary/Election report.
SECOND FRIDAY PRE- and THIRTY DAY POST-PRIMARY or ELECTION REPORTS are required to be filed by all candidates appearing on the ballot and all political committees and lobbbyists that have made expenditures to influence the election of such candidates. In 2010, offices appearing on the ballot include:
GOVERNOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SENATOR IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ANNUAL REPORTS:
Annual Reports must be filed by all candidates, political committees and contributing lobbyists that have not filed a termination report.
PENALTIES:
In accordance with the Campaign Finance Reporting Law, those who file required reports after the filing deadline are assessed a late filing fee of $20 per day for the first six (6) days that a report is late, and $10 per day thereafter, up to a miximum penalty of $250.
SPECIAL ELECTION:
In the event of any special election, candidates and committees should contact the Bureau of Commissions, Elections & Legistration at 210 North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0029 (www.dos.state.pa.us, Phone: 727-787-5280, Fax: 717-705-0721) regarding reporting requirements and filing deadlines.
POLITICAL COMMITTEE TREASURERS:
It is the treasurer's responsibility to file required committee reports. Keep the schedule available for reference prior to each reporting deadline. If you need a reporting form, you may print one from the PA Department of State's website (www.dos.state.pa.us) or requrest one from the bureau. You may also file your report online.
From the website, select the link to Campaign Finance and then to Online Filing for more information. Please remember that all reports must include your filer identification number on the cover page.
ONLINE REPORTING:
Click here to access the online reporting information. For additional information about Pennsylvania Campaign Finance, click here.
REPORTING OF LATE CONTRIBUTIONS:
Section 1628 of the Campaign Expense Reporting Law requires any candidate or political committee, authorized by a candidate and created solely for the purpose of influencing an election on behalf of that candidate, which receives any contribution or pledge of five-hundred dollars ($500) or more after the final pre-election/pre-primary report has been deemed completed shall report such contribution to the appropriate supervisor.
The candidate, chairperson or treasurer of the political committee shall send the report of late contributions within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the contribution.
The bureau will accept the filing of late contribution reports by facsimile as 717-705-0721, or via email at: ra-stcampaignfinance@state.pa.us. The filing of reports by facsimile or e-mail applies only to late contribution report; it does not apply to the filing of campaign finance reports.
The filing of late contribution reports does not remove the obligation to also report those contributions on the appropriate post-election/post-primary expense report filing. Please contact the bureau office for specific reporting dates for late contribution reports.
QUESTIONS:
If you have any questions about Pennsylvania's Campaign Finance Reporting Law or reporting requirements, please direct them to the Campaign Finance Division of the Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation at 717-787-5280 or via Email at ra-stcampaignfinance@state.pa.us.
AUDITS:
Audits of campaign finance reports will be made upon the petition of five (5) electors of the Commonwealth or of the political division. Such petition(s) must be presented to the appropriate Court within ninety (90) days after the last day for filing the report.
Today's date is:
For general information, please contact the Information Services at 724-852-5399 / Toll Free: 1-888-852-5399.
County Office Building, 93 E. High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370
WESTERN PA 
