Campaign finance requirements for Missouri ballot measures
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This article contains is basic information on campaign finance in Missouri. This is an overview. See external links below for further information from the Missouri Ethics Commission.
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Filing campaign finance reports
To register, the initiative committee files a Statement of Committee Organization. The Statement of Committee Organization forms may be obtained from the Missouri Ethics Commission or from any local election authority. The treasurer acting on behalf of a committee shall file a statement of organization with the appropriate officer within 20 days after the person or committee becomes a committee but no later than the deadline for the committee’s first disclosure report.
A committee discloses its campaign finances on campaign disclosure reporting statements. These reporting statements consist of a cover sheet, and a series of schedules that itemize the committee’s receipts, expenditures and debts, a Summary Page, and a special purpose schedule that details fund raisers held by the committee.
Statements are required as such:
- 8 days before election day for period closing the 12th day before an election
- 30 days after election day for period closing the 25th day after an election
- Quarterly disclosure report no later than 15th day after end of calendar quarter. January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15
The committee may file a Statement of Limited Activity in Lieu of Disclosure for any reporting period listed above in which the contributions or expenditures do not exceed $500 for the reporting period. Any contribution or expenditure not reported because this statement of limited activity is filed, shall be included in the next full disclosure report filed by the committee.
Contributions
Contributions are the funds (including a candidate’s own funds), goods and services donated to the committee. The committee is required to record all contributions and other receipts received and report them on Contributions and Loans Received forms.
All funds received by the committee must be deposited in the committee’s official depository.
Contributions accepted in cash must not exeed $100.00.
A committee may not accept any contribution without obtaining the name, address, employer or occupation if self-employed, of each person from whom the committee received one or more contributions which in the aggregate total in excess of $25.
Expenditures
Expenditures are anything of monetary value spent by the committee to influence the passage or defeat of a ballot measure.
The committee is required to record all expenditures and incidental expense disbursements and report them on Expenditures and Contributions Made form.
A report shall disclose the full name and mailing address of each person to whom an expenditure of money or any other thing of value in the amount of more than $100 has been made, contracted for or incurred.
Expenditures of $100 or less may be grouped and listed by categories of expenditure, except that the report shall contain an itemized listing of each payment made to campaign workers by name, address, date, amount and purpose of each payment and the aggregate amount paid to each such worker.
References
See also
- Campaign finance websites
- Procedures for qualifying an initiative in Missouri
- Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
External links
- Missouri's Campaign Finance Laws, Missouri Ethics Commision You can also download appropriate forms from this web site.
- Campaign Disclosure Project
