Campaign Finance Database

Check the campaign finance database for contributions, expenditures, and summary information reported by Maryland Campaign Finance Entities. You can also review information about campaign committees.

Campaign Finance Compliance Seminar Schedule

Next Compliance Training Scheduled:

TBA
State Board of Elections, 151 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21401

Next Electrack Training Scheduled:

Tuesday, July 27, 2010
6:00pm-8:00pm
State Board of Elections, 151 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21401

During the week of August 2-6, CCF will be offering the Electrack seminar from 2-4pm via an interactive webinar.  Space is limited to 12 people.

RSVP to Vicki Molina at 410-269-2874. The compliance seminar will teach you the basics of campaign finance compliance, electronic filing as well as a general overview of election law. The Electrack seminar will focus mainly on ELECTrack and filing campaign finance reports.  The Candidacy and Campaign Finance staff is available to conduct seminars for different groups. Groups must be over 15 people.

EAffidavit Filing

A political committee may file the Eaffidavit in lieu of a detailed campaign finance report if the political committee did not receive contributions or make expenditures in the cumulative amount of $1,000 or more (exclusive of the candidate's filing fee) since either the establishment of the political committee, or the filing of the last campaign finance report.

Social Media Regulations

**New  Regulations** Effective August 3, 2010, political committees using social media web accounts, for example Facebook or Twitter, must include an authority line on the landing or hosting page. 

Reporting Schedule

The Reporting Schedule, applicable to all political committees, lists the transaction periods and due dates for all of campaign finance reports due in 2009-2011.

 

Central Committee Aggregate In-Kind Contributions

A central committee of a political may make aggregate in-kind contributions during an election cycle not in excess of for a State central committee $1 for every two registered voter in the State and for a local central committee $1 for every two registered voter in the county.

Public Campaign Financing

Candidates for Governor and Lt. Governor are entitled to receive public funds for their campaigns provided they comply with the requirements established under Election Law Article Title 14. The Summary of Public Financing Laws will provide prospective candidates and other interested persons with an overview of how to apply for and receive public funds, the amount of public funds currently available, and information on prior use of public funds.

Disclosure of Contributions

Maryland Law requires persons doing business with Maryland Government and/or person employing lobbyists to file a Disclosure of Contributions. Reports are due every six months on August 5th and February 5th. Provided is detailed information about who is required to file this report and answers by the Attorney General's Office to frequently asked questions about this filing requirement.

Summary Guide to Maryland Candidacy and Campaign Finance Laws

The Summary Guide to Maryland Candidacy and Campaign Finance Laws has a wealth of information for anyone considering running for office.

A Supplemental Summary Guide is available with recent updates in election law. The Supplemental Summary Guide follows the same format as the Summary Guide.

This on-line version of the Summary Guide also includes the PDF version of the forms which candidates and committee officers may need for their campaign accounts and campaign fund reporting. (What is PDF?)

Please reference the contribution chart for contribution and transfer limits in an election cycle.

Electronic Filing & ELECTrack

In November 1999, Maryland law began to require that the campaign accounts file the campaign finance reports in an electronic storage format. Since then, the Maryland State Board of Elections has developed and made available to all campaign treasurers of Maryland 'ELECTrack,' an electronic filing software. You can download a free copy of ELECTrack and use it to file your reports. You may also use your own software provided that it can produce output compatible with our system.

Instructions to correct Electrack 5.0 error messages

ELECTrack User Guide

Please download and print out the new and improved version of the User Guide to operate ELECTrack.