Campaign Finance Resource Portal: Forms, Rules, and Filing Systems
Summary
The Colorado Secretary of State Election Division maintains a comprehensive online portal for campaign finance compliance, providing candidates, committees, and the public access to disclosure filing systems (TRACER), forms, training resources, contribution limits, complaint procedures, and references to governing law including Article XXVIII of the Colorado Constitution and Title 1 Article 45 C.R.S. The portal includes deepfake guidance under HB 24-1147, filing calendars, and 48-hour disclosure requirements for direct ballot issue expenditures of $1,000 or more.
What changed
This portal page organizes existing campaign finance compliance resources maintained by the Colorado Secretary of State. The page provides access to the TRACER online disclosure system for filing and searching campaign finance reports, downloadable forms for committee registration, amendments, and complaints, and references to governing law including the Colorado Constitution and Title 1 Article 45.
Campaign committees, candidates, and political organizations conducting Colorado elections should use this portal as their primary compliance resource hub. Key filing obligations include 48-hour disclosures for direct ballot issue expenditures exceeding $1,000 and registration of new committees through TRACER. Deepfake guidance under HB 24-1147 provides additional compliance direction for political advertising.
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Campaign Finance
News
- April 10 - Notice of hearing on the closure of inactive committees (PDF)
- Notice of weekly offline maintenance periods - every Wednesday from 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM MST (PDF)
Search & file
- TRACER
- Search disclosures
- File disclosure reports
- Forms and instructions
- 48-hour disclosure of direct ballot issue or ballot question expenditure of one thousand dollars or more
Training
Run for office
Committee registration
New
Public disclosures
Laws, rules & policies
- Colorado Constitution Article XXVIII (PDF)
- Fair Campaign Practices: Colorado Revised Statutes, Title I, Article 45 (PDF)
- Rules and notices of rulemaking
- Litigation, agency decisions and advisory opinions The Colorado Constitution and the Colorado Revised Statutes are available on LexisNexis Legal Resources, the official publisher of the Colorado Revised Statutes.
Help & resources
- Campaign and political finance manual (PDF)
- Deepfake guidance HB 24-1147 (DOCX)
- Filing calendars
- Contribution limits
- Guidance on disclaimer statements (PDF)
- Guidance on disclaimer statements after No on EE for issue committees (PDF)
- School board candidates & candidate committees (PDF)
- Special district candidates & candidate committees (PDF)
Campaign finance complaints
State, county, & special district elections
- File a campaign finance complaint (PDF)
Complaint FAQs
Municipal electionsMunicipal campaign finance complaint referral form - for municipalities only (PDF)
Guidance - Municipal campaign finance complaints (PDF)
Other complaint related documents and information
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