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Title 17 : Elections
Chapter 061 : Campaign Finance
Subchapter 004 : REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; DISCLOSURES.
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2964)-
§ 2964. Campaign reports; candidates for State office, the General Assembly, and county office; political committees; independent expenditure-only political committees; political parties
(a)(1) Each candidate for State office, the General Assembly, or a two-year-term county office who has rolled over any amount of surplus into the candidate’s new campaign or who has made expenditures or accepted contributions of $500.00 or more during the two-year general election cycle and, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, each political committee and independent expenditure-only political committee that has not filed a final report pursuant to subsection 2965(b) of this chapter, and each political party required to register under section 2923 of this chapter shall file with the Secretary of State campaign finance reports as follows:
(A) in the first year of the two-year general election cycle, on July 1; and
(B) in the second year of the two-year general election cycle:
(i) on March 15;
(ii) on July 1 and August 1;
(iii) on September 1;
(iv) on October 1, October 15, and the Friday before the general election; and
(v) two weeks after the general election.
(2) Each candidate for a four-year-term county office who has rolled over any amount of surplus into the candidate’s new campaign or who has made expenditures or accepted contributions of $500.00 or more during the four-year general election cycle shall file with the Secretary of State campaign finance reports as follows:
(A) in the first three years of the four-year general election cycle, on July 1; and
(B) in the fourth year of the four-year general election cycle:
(i) on March 15;
(ii) on July 1 and August 1;
(iii) on September 1;
(iv) on October 1, October 15, and the Friday before the general election; and
(v) two weeks after the general election.
(b)(1) A political committee, independent expenditure-only political committee, or a political party that has accepted contributions or made expenditures of $500.00 or more during the local election cycle for the purpose of influencing a local election or supporting or opposing one or more candidates in a local election shall file with the Secretary of State campaign finance reports regarding that local election 30 days before, 10 days before, and two weeks after the local election.
(2) As used in this subsection, “local election cycle” means:
(A) in the case of a local election, the period that begins 38 days after the local election prior to the one for which the contributions or expenditures were made and ends 38 days after the local election for which the contributions or expenditures were made, and includes any primary or run-off election related to that local election; or
(B) in the case of a special local election, the period that begins on the date the special local election was ordered and ends 38 days after that special local election, and includes any special primary or run-off election related to that special local election.
(c) A candidate, political committee, independent expenditure-only committee, or political party that is not otherwise required to file a report pursuant to this section shall file with the Secretary of State a report and affirmative statement that the candidate, political committee, independent expenditure-only committee, or political party has not either rolled over any amount of surplus into a new campaign or made expenditures or accepted contributions in the amounts specified in this section. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014; amended 2015, No. 30, § 35, eff. May 26, 2015; 2019, No. 67, § 22, eff. June 17, 2019; 2025, No. 70, § 15, eff. June 25, 2025.)
