North Carolina Campaign Finance Made (Relatively) Easy

The time it takes to make a campaign transparent interferes with the time it takes to actually run the campaign -- things like filling out disclosure and reporting forms to the Board of Elections, for example, which is what caused such a long delay in getting this post up! I thank everyone for being patient.

Here is the long-awaited overview of how North Carolina Campaign Finance works. All citations come from the most recent (2015) North Carolina Board of Elections Candidate Campaign Finance Manual unless otherwise noted or linked.

For ease of reading, I have selected a traditional question & answer format. The first section explains the candidate perspective of campaign finance, while the second section examines donors and donations.

Making Campaign Finance Easy is Difficult

... and so I ought to have an explanation of the nuances of state campaign finance law posted over the weekend.

-J. McL

Campaign Finance and Regulation Made (Relatively) Easy

North Carolina provides Campaign Finance Training for campaign treasurers. This is a good thing, given the penalties and sanctions that the treasurer can be liable for, and doubly so when one is functioning as one's own treasurer.

Tuesday, June 21st, is Campaign Finance Training Day. By Wednesday or Thursday, I'll have the skeleton of a Beginner's Guide to Complying With State Election and Finance Regulation Or Else!