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What you need to know about filing disclosure reports if your organization is a nonprofit that makes contributions or expenditures in election campaigns. 

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Register your nonprofit as an incidental committee and start reporting contributions and expenditures. 

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Be compliant with Washington’s campaign financial disclosure laws—from political advertising guidelines to contribution limits and more. 

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Check out the latest updates on reporting tools and resources — as well as timely reporting tips.

Import contacts in ORCA

01/30/2023

ORCA has a new import contact function that is easier and more straightforward for campaigns to use. 

To import contacts to a new year or campaign, open the previous year's campaign and select search contacts. Scroll to the bottom of the contact list and select the export to CSV…

Recommended for school levy committees: file for single election

01/24/2023

If your committee is organized to support or oppose a ballot measure such as a school, fire, or library levy or bond, we recommend that you register a separate campaign for each election.

Registering as a single-election committee means you only need to do one set-up, which will cover…

If your campaign has its own credit card

12/06/2022

If a campaign or political committee has its own credit card, here’s how to report transactions made with that credit card in the latest version of ORCA.

When your campaign gets its own credit card, click on Bank Accounts on the Accounting section of the ORCA dashboard. The Bank…

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