Maine § 21-A §1017 Reports by candidates

Maine Statutes

§ 21-A §1017 — Reports by candidates

Maine § 21-A §1017

Title 21-AELECTIONS

Ch. 13CAMPAIGN REPORTS AND FINANCES

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 21-A §1017 (2026).

Text

1.Federal candidates.

2.Gubernatorial candidates. A treasurer of a candidate for the office of Governor shall file reports with the commission as follows. Once the first required report has been filed, each subsequent report must cover the period from the end date of the prior report filed.

3.Other candidates. 3-A. Other candidates. A treasurer of a candidate for state or county office other than the office of Governor shall file reports with the commission and municipal candidates shall file reports with the municipal clerk as follows. Once the first required report has been filed, each subsequent report must cover the period from the end date of the prior report filed. 3-B. Accelerated reporting schedule.

4.New candidate or nominee. A candidate for nomination or a nominee chosen to f

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1.
Federal candidates.
2.
Gubernatorial candidates.
A treasurer of a candidate for the office of Governor shall file reports with the commission as follows. Once the first required report has been filed, each subsequent report must cover the period from the end date of the prior report filed.
3.
Other candidates.
3-A.
Other candidates.
A treasurer of a candidate for state or county office other than the office of Governor shall file reports with the commission and municipal candidates shall file reports with the municipal clerk as follows. Once the first required report has been filed, each subsequent report must cover the period from the end date of the prior report filed.
3-B.
Accelerated reporting schedule.
4.
New candidate or nominee.
A candidate for nomination or a nominee chosen to fill a vacancy under chapter 5, subchapter 3 is subject to section 1013‑A, subsection 1, except that the candidate shall register the name of a treasurer or political committee and all other information required in section 1013‑A, subsection 1, paragraphs A and B within 7 days after the candidate's appointment or at least 6 days before the election, whichever is earlier. The commission shall send notification of this registration requirement and report forms and schedules to the candidate and the candidate's treasurer immediately upon notice of the candidate's and treasurer's appointments.
5.
Content.
A report required under this section must contain the itemized accounts of contributions received during that report filing period, including the date a contribution was received, and the name, address, occupation, principal place of business, if any, and the amount of the contribution of each person who has made a contribution or contributions aggregating in excess of $50. The report must contain the itemized expenditures made or authorized during the report filing period, the date and purpose of each expenditure and the name and address of each payee and creditor and any refund that a payee has made to the candidate or an agent of the candidate. If the payee is a member of the candidate's household or immediate family, the candidate shall disclose the candidate's relationship to the payee in a manner prescribed by the commission. The report must contain a statement of any loan to a candidate by a financial institution in connection with that candidate's candidacy that is made during the period covered by the report, whether or not the loan is defined as a contribution under section 1012, subsection 2, paragraph A. The candidate and the treasurer are jointly and severally responsible for the timely and accurate filing of each required report.
5-A.
Valuation of contributions sold at auction.
Any contribution received by a candidate that is later sold at auction must be reported in the following manner.
6.
Forms.
Reports required by this section not filed electronically must be on forms prescribed, prepared and sent by the commission to the treasurer of each registered candidate at least 7 days before the filing date for the report. Establishment of or amendments to the campaign report filing forms required by this section must be by rule. Persons filing reports may use additional pages if necessary, but the pages must be the same size as the pages of the form. Although the commission mails the forms for required reports to candidates who are exempt from filing electronically, failure to receive forms by mail does not excuse treasurers, committees and other persons who must file reports from otherwise obtaining the forms or from late filing penalties.
7.
Reporting exemption.
7-A.
Reporting exemption.
A candidate seeking election to a county or municipal office or a legislative candidate seeking the nomination of a party in an uncontested primary election is exempt from reporting as provided by this subsection.
8.
Disposition of surplus.
A candidate or treasurer of a candidate registered under section 1013‑A or qualified under sections 335 and 336 or sections 354 and 355 shall dispose of a surplus exceeding $100 within 4 years of the election for which the contributions were received by:
9.
Campaign termination report forms.
The commission shall provide each candidate required to report campaign contributions and expenditures with a campaign termination report form. A candidate shall file the campaign termination report with the commission as required in this subsection. The campaign termination report must be complete as of June 30th of the year following the campaign of the previous year. This form must show any deficits or surpluses to be carried over to the next campaign. Funds not carried forward to the next campaign must be disposed of as provided in subsection 8. Campaign reporting is as follows.
10.
Electronic filing.
The treasurer of a candidate or committee that has receipts or expects to have receipts of more than $1,500 shall file each report required by this section through an electronic filing system developed by the commission. The commission may make an exception to this electronic filing requirement if a candidate or committee submits a written request that states that the candidate or committee lacks access to the technology or the technological ability to file reports electronically. The request for an exception must be submitted by April 15th of the election year, except that a candidate registered according to subsection 4 has 10 business days from the date of registration to submit a request to the commission. The commission shall grant all reasonable requests for exceptions.

Legislative History

PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 383, §14 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 566, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 726, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 166, §10 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 504, §§11-17,31 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 833, §§2-7,21 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 878, §§A49,50 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 839, §§14-22 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 839, §34 (AFF). IB 1995, c. 1, §12 (AMD). RR 1995, c. 2, §36 (COR). PL 1995, c. 193, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 483, §§7,8 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 157, §1 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 729, §4 (AMD). RR 2001, c. 1, §25 (COR). PL 2001, c. 470, §6 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 589, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 628, §§B1-3 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 301, §§13-17 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 542, §2 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 443, Pt. A, §16 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 567, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 642, §10 (AMD). RR 2009, c. 2, §46 (COR). PL 2009, c. 138, §1 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 190, Pt. A, §§5-7 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 302, §4 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 366, §3 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 366, §12 (AFF). PL 2009, c. 524, §5 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 389, §15 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 389, §62 (AFF). PL 2011, c. 522, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 558, §1 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 334, §§10, 11 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 350, §5 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 323, §§7-10 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 273, §1 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 224, §§8-10 (AMD).