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Rev. 02/2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 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 2023 Election Day Report Due Dates 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 2023 Published by the Colorado Secretary of State SOS website: www.coloradosos.gov / Reporting: TRACER.sos.colorado.gov CAMPAIGN AND POLITICAL FINANCE 2023 MUNICIPAL FREQUENT AND ANNUAL FILING CALENDAR Federal/State holidays are denoted in red; offices may be closed on these dates. If the municipal election isn’t held on November 7, 2023, 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 applies to (refer to Campaign Finance Rule 17): • Municipal candidates and candidate committees whose office appears on the November 7, 2023 Coordinated ballot • Issue committees whose issue attempts access to or appears on the November 7, 2023 Coordinated ballot October 8 Starts the 30 day period before the Biennial School Board Election for 24 Hr. MC rpts. & 48 Hr. IE rpts. and concludes on November 6, 2023 17 21st day before the election report covers: • October 28, 2022 through October 12, 2023 OR • December 9, 2022 through October 12, 2023 November 3 Friday before the election report covers October 13, 2023 through October 27, 2023 7 Coordinated Election / Biennial School Board Election December 12 35th day after the election report covers October 26, 2023 through December 7, 2023 Regular Biennial School Electioneering Communication (EC) activity may be included on report Infrequent/Annual calendar applies to (refer to Campaign Finance Rule 17): • Municipal candidates and candidate committees whose office does NOT appear on the November 7, 2023 Coordinated Election ballot • Issue committees whose issue does NOT attempt access to or appear on the November 7, 2023 Election ballot • Political Committees (PC) • Small Donor Committees (SDC) • 527 Political Organizations (527 PO) • Independent Expenditure Committees (IEC) November 1 Annual Report covers: • October 28, 2022 through October 27, 2023 OR • December 9, 2022 through October 27, 2023 7 Coordinated Election / Biennial School Board Election Notes: • All municipal campaign finance reports are filed with the municipal clerk’s office. • Small-Scale Issue Committees (SSIC) are not required to file disclosure reports until they exceed $5,000 in activity. After filing an initial disclosure report and converting to an Issue Committee, SSICs are subject to the disclosure requirements of 1-45-108(2), C.R.S. These types of un-scheduled reports are also required: • 24-Hour Notice of Major Contributor (MC) report period starts 30 days before the Bien- nial School Board Election and concludes the day before the election. MC reports are due within 24-hours of receiving a Major Contribution. This applies to candidates who attempt access to or appear on the ballot. It also applies to issue committees (IC) even if the IC is not participating in the school board election. • 48-Hour Notice of Independent Expenditure (IE) report period starts 30 days before the election and concludes the day before the election. IE reports are due within 48-hours of spending. Only applies to IECs. Questions? Contact the office or review the Colorado Campaign and Political Finance Manual.