Registering Your Campaign Committee Handout

Before you can raise or spend a dollar, your campaign committee has to be registered with the right agency, and that agency depends on whether you're running for federal, state, county, or municipal office. This handout walks candidates through identifying which governing body regulates their race and what that agency requires for campaign committee registration.

Missing a filing deadline or getting a committee name wrong can create compliance problems that follow a campaign for months. This handout gives you the research questions to nail down registration requirements, deadlines, naming rules, and officer roles, including who can serve as campaign treasurer, so your committee is set up correctly from day one.

Included are:

• Research questions to identify the agency that regulates your race (federal, state, county, or municipal)

• A rundown of registration requirements and filing deadlines

• Campaign committee naming rules to follow

• Officer roles you'll need to assign, including your campaign treasurer