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The Campaign Disclosure Law Database contains statutes and regulations in 105 categories from 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Federal Election Commission. Users can choose to view some or all categories in a single state, or to compare individual categories across two or more states. The database is current as of December 31, 2006. The entire database is available for download upon request.

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To compare across multiple states, choose a topic(s) from the pull down menu, select desired states and click NEXT. Select All Categories A. Filing     1. Is this committee defined in the Statute, Regulation or Form?     2. Is this committee required to file a statement of organization?     3. Is this committee required to file campaign statements?     4. What is the dollar amount threshold for filing?     5. Is there a termination requirement?     6. Is there a filing fee?     7. Are there statutes or rules that specify what kind of recordkeeping the committee must do? B. Identification of Filers     1. What state law requires the committee to list its name?     2. What state law requires the committee to register?     3. Does the state require the committee to give the name, address and phone number of the filer and the treasurer?     4. Does the state require the committee to describe the filer's industry, trade or profession?     5. What other identifying information about the filer does the state require? C. When Filed     1. What are the general time-related requirements for filing?     2. How many statements must be filed in non-election year?     3. What is closing day for non-election year statements?     4. How many statements must be filed in pre-election period?     5. When are pre-election statements required to be filed?     6. How many post-election statements are required?     7. What is the last filing day before an election (days before election)?     8. What is closing day for the last filing day before an election (days before election)?     9. Are there special rules for runoff or special elections? D. Where Filed     1. Where does a committee register?     2. Where does a committee file its campaign statements?     3. Are filings made at multiple locations? E. Late Contributions     1. What is the dollar threshold that triggers late contribution reporting?     2. Who files late contribution statements, the contributor or the recipient?     3. When are late contribution statements filed?     4. Where are late contribution statements filed? F. Contributor Information     1. Are committees required to report the contributor's name?     2. Are committees required to report the contributor's address?     3. Are committees required to report the contributor's occupation?     4. Are committees required to report the contributor's employer?     5. Are committees required to report the contributor's telephone number?     6. Are committees required to report the date of contribution?     7. Is there a threshold amount for reporting individual contributions?     8. Are committees required to report the total amount for period of a single campaign statement that is contributed by a si ...     9. Are committees required to report the cumulative amount for the entire campaign period (year, election cycle) that is c ...     10. Are recipient committees required to report the committee number of a contributor, if appropriate?     11. Are committees required to report the total amount of the contributions they received under the threshold for reporting ...     12. Are committees required to report the total amount of contributions received at individual for fundraising events?     13. Are contributors assigned an identifying code number to track contributions across campaigns?     14. What information about a contributor must a campaign collect before it can accept a contribution? G. In-Kind contributions     1. Are campaigns required to report in-kind contributions?     2. What constitutes an in-kind contribution?     3. Who or what activities are excepted from in-kind contribution reporting?     4. Are campaigns required to report "late" in-kind contributions?     5. How is the value of an in-kind contribution estimated? H. Pledges     1. Are committees required to report pledges when they are made?     2. Are committees required to report pledges when they are redeemed? I. Loan Information     1. Are committees required to report when loans were made?     2. Are committees required to report the interest rate of loans?     3. Are committees required to report the repayment schedule (due date) of loans?     4. Are committees required to list the names of the guarantors of loans made to the committee? J. Expenditures     1. What is the dollar threshold amount for reporting expenditures?     2. Are committees required to disclose the name of the vendor/payee to whom expenditures are made?     3. Are committees required to report subvendor information?     4. Are committees required to report accrued expenses (debts)?     5. Are committees required to report the date of individual expenditures?     6. Are committees required to describe each expenditure?     7. Has the state prescribed a code to be used to describe expenditure type?     8. Is additional information required about committee expenditures? K. Independent Expenditure     1. Does the state require disclosure of independent expenditures?     2. Does the state require disclosure of which candidate or ballot measure benefits from an independent expenditure?     3. Does the state require disclosure of the cumulative amount of independent expenditures made during a period? L. Late Independent Expenditure Reports     1. Does the state require disclosure of late independent expenditures? When?     2. Does the state require disclosure of which candidate or ballot measure benefits from a late independent expenditure?     3. Does the state require additional information about late independent expenditures?     4. What is to total dollar amount of late independent expenditure required to trigger statements? M. Miscellaneous receipts     1. Are committees required to report miscellaneous receipts? N. Intermediary disclosure     1. Are committees required to report the name of an intermediary who channelled contributions? O. Bundling disclosure     1. Are committees required to report the name of a bundler who collected contributions for the campaign? P. Member Communication Expenditures (i.e. unions)     1. Are member communication expenditures reported? Q. Anonymous contributions     1. Are anonymous contributions prohibited if over a certain amount? R. Cash contributions     1. Are cash contributions prohibited if over a certain amount? S. Cash on hand     1. Are committees required to report cash-on-hand? T. Advertisement disclosure     1. Are committees required to disclose their identity on print advertisements?     2. Are committees required to disclose their identity on broadcast (TV or radio) advertisements?     3. Are committees required to disclose their identity on telephone advertisements?     4. Does advertisement disclosure include the name(s) of persons responsible for the advertisement?     5. Does advertisement disclosure include the names of major contributors?     6. What is the time period for advertisement disclosure?     7. Is disclosure required on face of advertisement?     8. Are there additional requirements for advertisement disclosure?     9. Are the contents of advertisements sent to a governmental agency? U. Where/How statements filed     1. Where and how are statements filed (paper/electronic/online)?     2. How are statements accessed?     3. Where is the original statement filed?     4. Is a copy of the statement filed elsewhere? V. Enforcement     1. Does the state conduct a desk review of every statement?     2. Does the state conduct desk reviews of randomly selected statements?     3. Is there a threshold that triggers desk reviews of statements?     4. Does the state conduct field audits of every campaign?     5. Does the state conduct field audits of randomly selected campaigns?     6. Is there a threshold that triggers field audits of statements?     7. Are there civil penalties associated with violation of disclosure laws?     8. Are there criminal penalties associated with violation of disclosure laws?     9. Are there administrative penalties associated with violation of disclosure laws? W. Compilation of data by government agency     1. Does the government agency produce a summary of the disclosure data?     2. Does the government agency produce a summary of who filed disclosure data?     3. Does the government agency produce a summary of total contributions?     4. Does the government agency produce a list of contributions to a committee?     5. Does the government agency calculate median contributions from disclosure statements?     6. Does the government list individual committees by how much each collected and spent? X. Online Disclosure     1. Is there a statute or regulation that prescribes what must be disclosed online? Y. Regulatory Agencies, Overseeing Entity     1. What is the name of the regulatory agency or entity that oversee campaign disclosure? Z. Questions     1.

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