Vermont Statutes
Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance
§ 2968. Campaign reports; local candidates

§ 2968. Campaign reports; local candidates
(a) Each candidate for local office who has rolled over any amount of surplus into his or her new campaign or who has made expenditures or accepted contributions of $500.00 or more since the last local election for that office shall file with the Secretary of State campaign finance reports 30 days before, 10 days before, four days before, and two weeks after the local election.
(b) Within 40 days after the local election, each candidate for local office required to report under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall file with the Secretary of State a “final report” that lists a complete accounting of all contributions and expenditures since the last report and a liquidation of surplus and which shall constitute the termination of his or her campaign activities.
(c) The failure of a local candidate to file a campaign finance report under this section shall be deemed an affirmative statement that the candidate either did not roll over any amount of surplus into his or her new campaign or has not accepted contributions or made expenditures of $500.00 or more since the last local election for that office. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014; amended 2017, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Dec. 14, 2018.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 17 - Elections

Chapter 61 - Campaign Finance

§ 2901. Definitions

§ 2902. Exceptions

§ 2903. Penalties

§ 2904. Civil investigation

§ 2904a. Reports to the State Ethics Commission

§ 2905. Adjustments for inflation

§ 2906. Campaign database; candidate information web page

§ 2907. Administration

§ 2921. Candidates; registration; checking account; treasurer

§ 2922. Political committees; registration; checking account; treasurer

§ 2923. Political parties; registration; checking accounts; treasurer

§ 2924. Candidates; surplus campaign funds; new campaign accounts

§ 2925. Political committees; surplus campaign funds

§ 2941. Limitations of contributions

§ 2942. Exceptions

§ 2943. Limitations adjusted for inflation

§ 2944. Accountability for related expenditures

§ 2945. Accepting contributions

§ 2946. Candidate’s attribution to previous cycle

§ 2947. Contributions from a candidate

§ 2948. Prohibition on transferring contributions

§ 2949. Use of term “candidate”

§ 2950. State officers and State office candidates; contractor contribution restrictions

§ 2961. Submission of reports to the Secretary of State

§ 2962. Reports; general provisions

§ 2963. Campaign reports; Secretary of State; forms; filing

§ 2964. Campaign reports; candidates for State office, the General Assembly, and county office; political committees; political parties

§ 2965. Final reports; candidates for State office, the General Assembly, and county office; political committees; political parties; end-of-cycle reports for political committees and political parties

§ 2966. Reports by candidates not reaching monetary reporting threshold

§ 2967. Additional campaign reports; candidates for State office and the General Assembly

§ 2968. Campaign reports; local candidates

§ 2969. Reporting of surplus maintenance by former candidates

§ 2970. Campaign reports; other entities; public questions

§ 2971. Report of mass media activities

§ 2972. Identification in electioneering communications

§ 2973. Specific identification requirements for radio, television, or Internet communications

§ 2981. Definitions

§ 2982. Filing of Vermont campaign finance affidavit

§ 2983. Vermont campaign finance grants; conditions

§ 2984. Qualifying contributions

§ 2985. Vermont campaign finance grants; amounts; timing

§ 2986. Monetary amounts adjusted for inflation