Candidates in Campaigns with any Participating Candidates
Every candidate committee in a primary or general election campaign in which
there is at least one participating candidate must file weekly supplemental
campaign finance statements with the Commission according to schedules
available on the Commission’s website
portal.ct.gov/seec.
If you are in a
primary race with at least one participating candidate, you are
required to file an initial supplemental statement on the second Thursday
following the July quarterly statement and a subsequent supplemental
statement is due every Thursday until the date of the primary.
f you are in a
general election race with at least one participating candidate,
you are required to file an initial supplemental statement on the second Thursday
following the October quarterly statement and a subsequent supplemental
statement is due every Thursday until the date of the general election. If you are
participating and unopposed in the general election, you need only file the final
supplemental statement.
For more information on the deadlines for these filings, please visit the Commission’s website at
portal.ct.gov/seec.
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Excess Expenditure Reporting within 24 to 48 Hours
Excess expenditures are expenditures made, or obligated to be made, by a
participating candidate that in the aggregate exceed the applicable
expenditure limit for a participating candidate. For the purposes of triggering a
supplemental reporting requirement, a participating candidate’s applicable
expenditure limit is the sum of the amount of required qualifying contributions
plus the amount of the full grant for the applicable primary or general election
period.
Nonparticipating candidates are not required to follow the Program’s
expenditure limits; however, participating candidates are required to follow the
Program’s expenditure limits. Accordingly, participating candidates should not
make excess expenditures. A participating candidate and treasurer of a
candidate committee which has received public funds are subject to various
penalties if the committee receives excess funds or makes or incurs an obligation
to make an excess expenditure.
If a participating candidate’s committee makes or incurs an expenditure exceeding the participating candidate’s applicable expenditure limit more than 20 days before a primary or election, the treasurer must file a declaration of excess expenditures within 48 hours of making or incurring the expenditure.
If a participating candidate committee makes or incurs an expenditure exceeding the participating candidate’s applicable expenditure limit 20 days or less before a primary or election, the treasurer must file a declaration of excess expenditures within 24 hours of making or incurring the expenditure.
Purpose of Overview Materials
The purpose of this overview is to provide general information about the various rules and requirements of the Program. This document however, is not a substitute for the law, which can be found on the Commission’s website,
portal.ct.gov/seec. If you have specific questions you may contact
the Commission’s Candidate Services Unit at 860 256-2985.