Forms / Documents

Important Campaign Finance Filing Information

Pursuant to Section 67-6603, Idaho Code, no contribution shall be received or any expenditure made by or on behalf of a candidate until they appoint a political treasurer. A candidate may appoint himself his own political treasurer.

Pursuant to Section 67-6608(1), Idaho Code, a candidate is exempt from filing reports until such a time as the candidate receives contributions or expends funds in the amount of $500 or more.

** Any candidate that reaches the $500 threshold must create a Campaign Finance account through the Secretary of State Campaign Finance Portal.

With the 2020 campaign finance law changes, officeholders and candidates will now need to file their C-1 and campaign finance reports on the Secretary of State’s website portal**. If this is an election year for a candidate, monthly financial reports are due on the 10th of every month of that election year. Here is the link to sign up.

June 30, 2020 Secretary of State Directive 2020-03: Campaign Finance Portal C1 Filings for County, City, and Local District Offices Sought

2020 Annual Reports were due January 10, 2021 
A candidate/PAC that had a zero balance at the end of 2019 did not need to create an account. A candidate or PAC that had an ending balance in 2019 was required to create an account in Tenex and account for the cash and debt in their account until such a time that their balance is zero. (In some cases they may instead have needed to amend their 2019 report and end in a zero balance for cash and debt and check the ‘terminate’ box.)      

Click here for the 2020 Sunshine Manual and the 2020 Campaign Disclosure Manual from the Secretary of State’s office.

Finance Forms / Manuals

  1. C-1 Form
  2. C-4 Independent Expeditures
  3. C-8 Report of Electioneering Communication
  4. County Candidate Declaration C1 -Partisan
  5. County Candidate Declaration and C1- Independent
  6. 2020 Campaign Disclosure Manual (PDF)
  7. 2020 Sunshine Manual (PDF)
  8. 2018 Campaign Disclosure Forms (PDF)
  9. 2018 Campaign Disclosure Manual (PDF)

2021 Candidate Filing Forms 

  1. 2021 Special District Packet
  2. 2021 Special District Write-in Packet
  3. 2021 Special District Certification Form
  4. 2021 Special District Certification Write-in Form

Candidate Related Documents

  1. Voter Information Request Form (PDF)
  2. Watcher Challenger Candidate (PDF)
  3. Watcher Challenger Issue (PDF)
  4. Watcher Challenger Political Party (PDF)
  5. 2019 Election Consolidation Manual (PDF)