Candidates and committees: If you registered as full-reporting and are participating in the primary election, you must file a C-4 report on July 14, covering the period of June 1 to July 13. This report is mandatory regardless of financial activity during that period. Read more about mandatory pre-election reporting here.
PDC launches updated online independent expenditure reporting system (C-6)
June 16, 2026
Today, the PDC updated its online filing system for independent expenditure and electioneering communication (C-6) reports in June 2026. The changes were designed to improve user experience and align the process with other online PDC filing systems.
Independent expenditures (IE) are expenses, such as advertisements, that advocate for or against a candidate or ballot measure, and are not done in coordination with that candidate or ballot measure campaign. There is no monetary limit for an IE.
Electioneering communications are advertisements that clearly identify at least one candidate for state, local, or judicial office, appear within 60 days of an election in the candidate's jurisdiction, are distributed through digital communication, radio, TV, postal mailing, billboard, newspaper or periodical and, either alone, or in combination with other communications by the sponsor identifying the same candidate has a fair market value of $2,000 or more.
To get started reporting an independent expenditure or an electioneering communication, go to the PDC’s online filing system dashboard and sign in.
See instructions for completing the C-6 using the new online filing system here.