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Rev. 12/2021 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January 2022 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 February 2022 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 April 2022 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 June 2022 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 July 2022 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 August 2022 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 September 2022 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 October 2022 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 November 2022 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 December 2022 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 March 2022 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 May 2022 Election Day Report Due Dates Published by the Colorado Secretary of State SOS website: www.coloradosos.gov / Reporting: TRACER.sos.colorado.gov Tel: (303) 894-2200 / Email: [EMAIL REDACTED] CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE 2022 MUNICIPAL FREQUENT AND ANNUAL FILING CALENDAR If the municipal election isn’t held on November 8, 2022, contact the municipal clerk for filing deadlines. Home Rule municipalities may have a different filing schedule; check with your municipal clerk to verify disclosure dates. Frequent calendar Refer to Campaign Finance Rule 17: • Municipal candidates and candidate committees whose office appears on the November 8, 2022 General Election ballot. • Issue committees whose issue attempts access to or appears on the November 8, 2022 General Election ballot. • All other active municipal level committees (political and small donor committees, 527 political organizations, independent expenditure committees) whose candidates or issues attempts access to or appears on the November 8, 2022 General Election ballot. October 18 21st Day before the General Election - report covers • October 28, 2021 through October 13, 2022 OR • November 28, 2021 through October 13, 2022 November 4 Friday before the General Election - report covers October 14, 2022 through October 30, 2022 8 General Election December 8 30th Day after the General Election - report covers October 31, 2022 through December 3, 2022 Infrequent/Annual calendar Refer to Campaign Finance Rule 17: • Candidate and candidate committees whose candidate does NOT attempt access to or appear on the November 8, 2022 General Election ballot • Issue committees whose issue does NOT attempt access to or appear on the November 8, 2022 General Election ballot November 1 Annual report covers: • October 28, 2021 through October 27, 2022 OR • November 28, 2021 through October 27, 2022 8 General Election Notes: • All municipal campaign finance reports are filed with the municipal clerk’s office. • Small-Scale Issue Committees (SSIC) file disclosure reports once they exceed $5,000 in activity. After filing an initial disclosure report and converting to an Issue Committee, they are subject to the disclosure requirements of 1-45-108, C.R.S. • Federal/State holidays are denoted in red; municipal offices may be closed on these dates. These types of un-scheduled reports are also required: • Electioneering Communication (EC) time period starts May 29, 2022 (30 days before the Primary Election) and continues through November 7, 2022. These communications men- tion candidates and may be included with the regular reports. EC reports do not apply to Issue Committees. • 24-Hour Notice of Major Contributor report periods occurs 30 days before both the Primary and General Elections. These reports do not apply to PCs, 527s and IECs. • 48-Hour Notice of Independent Expenditure report periods occur 30 days before both the Primary and General Elections. Only applies to IECs. • 30 day time period for 24 & 48 hour reports before the Primary Election starts May 29, 2022 and concludes on June 27, 2022. • 30 day time period for 24 & 48 hour reports before the General Election starts October 9, 2022 and concludes on November 7, 2022. Questions? Contact the office or review the Colorado Campaign and Political Finance Manual.