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Registration & Reporting

Are you involved in a campaign or lobbying? Or, are you an elected or appointed official? You’re in the right place to register and report required disclosures.

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Candidates & Committees

Learn how to register your candidacy or committee and report campaign financial activity, including contributions and expenses.

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  • Electronic Reporting Tools
  • After the Election
  • Out-of-State Committees

Personal Financial Affairs Disclosure

Report required personal financial data at the start of a campaign and annually if you’re elected or appointed to office. 

  • Who Files the F-1
  • Reporting Modifications
  • Step-by-Step Instructions 
  • Financial Affairs Filing System

Incidental Committees

Learn if you qualify as an incidental committee and how to register and start reporting.

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  • Reporting

Lobbying 

Learn how and when to report lobbying expenses and which activities must be reported. 

  • Lobbyists
  • Lobbyist Employers
  • Grassroots Lobbying
  • Public Agency Lobbying

Independent Expenditures 

Learn when to report independent expenditures made in support of or opposition to a candidate or ballot measure as well as electioneering communications that identify a candidate. 

  • What Is Reportable 
  • How to Report 

Forms & Reports Directory

Know what you’re looking for? View a list of all PDC reports, with links to online filing tools. 

Candidate Registration (C-1) 

Last Minute Contributions (LMC)

Independent Expenditures (C-6)

Incidental Committee Registration (C-1ic)

 

Reporting Tips

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

What's NEW in ORCA

04/15/2022

Several new features are rolling out this month for users of ORCA (Online Reporting of Campaign Activity). Here are some of the highlights:

In Contributions You'll find a new web-based user interface for entering monetary, in-kind and anonymous contributions, as well as contribution…

What's NEW in ORCA

04/15/2022

Several new features are rolling out this month for users of ORCA (Online Reporting of Campaign Activity). Here are some of the highlights:

In Contributions You'll find a new web-based user interface for entering monetary, in-kind and anonymous contributions, as well as contribution…

Think twice before you delete your ORCA campaign

01/31/2022

If you’ve created an ORCA campaign and you’re having problems with it, you may think the answer is to delete your ORCA campaign so that you can start over. Please don’t! If you delete your ORCA campaign and use Setup Wizard to replace it, you’ll get a message that the campaign already exists,…

Reporting System Outages 

We document all reporting system outages. See the list and subscribe for updates.

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