Campaign Spending Commission

Aloha and welcome to the Campaign Spending Commission website for the 2016 election! The Commission would like to congratulate you on your decision to seek state or county elective office in the State of Hawaii.  The following information is from different areas of our website (ags.hawaii.gov/campaign) and organized here to help you comply with Hawaii’s campaign spending laws:

Background

Our mission is to maintain the integrity and transparency of the campaign finance process by enforcing the law, educating the public, administering public financing, and training campaign committees in order to encourage timely compliance.

Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission
Serving Hawaii Since 1973

Commissioner Bios & Staff

What We Do

Reporting

• Guidebook for Candidate Committees (Revised 12/15)
• Treasurer’s Guidebook
• Forms
• Reporting Schedules

Electronic Filing

• Candidate Filing System and Cyber-Learning Videos
  • The Candidate Committee Electronic Filing Form must be filed to obtain a username and password to log-in to the Candidate Filing System.
• Candidate Filing System Manual (Revised 03/16)

Public Funding

• Partial Public Funding Guidebook for Candidate Committees
• Forms, E-Learning Videos, 2016 Expenditure Limits and Partial Public Funding Amounts
• Candidates Complying with 2016 Expenditure Limits (Updated 8/10/16)
• Candidates Filing the Statement of Intent to Seek Public Funds (Updated 9/12/16)

Legal Resources

• Hawaii Revised Statutes – Campaign Spending Law
• Hawaii Administrative Rules
• Advisory Opinions
• Contribution Limits

Candidate Research

• 2016 Candidate Report from Office of Elections
• Candidate Reports and Organizational Reports
• Fundraiser Notices Filed by Candidates
• Data Visualizations and Data Sets
• Campaign Finance Statistics from Past Elections
• Public Funds Disbursed in Past Elections

Additional Information

• CSC Newsletter
• CSC Facebook Page
• CSC Twitter Page
• Noncandidate Committee Reports and Organizational Reports
• List of Independent Expenditure Committees (“Super PACs”)