Campaign Spending Commission

The next report due for Noncandidate Committees is the Preliminary Primary Report covering the period February 27, 2022 through July 29, 2022.  The Preliminary Primary Report has been added to your reporting schedule in the Noncandidate Committee Filing System (NCFS) and must be electronically filed on this system no later than 11:59 p.m. Hawaiian Standard Time on Wednesday, August 3, 2022.

However, a noncandidate committee whose aggregate contributions and aggregate expenditures for the 2022 election period total $1,000 or less would not be required to file the Preliminary Primary Report, but only the Final Election Period Report covering February 27, 2022 through November 8, 2022, and all subsequent reports thereafter until the committee terminates their registration with the Commission. The Final Election Period Report is due on December 8, 2022.  Noncandidate committees will be subject to fines for exceeding the $1,000 threshold and not filing required reports.  Please notify the Commission if your noncandidate committee checks the box and exceeds the $1,000 threshold, so we can add the applicable reports to your reporting schedule in the NCFS.

The fine for not filing the Preliminary Primary Report by the due date, if assessed, shall not exceed $300 per day; provided that in aggregate, the fine shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the total amount of contributions or expenditures, whichever is greater, for the period covered by the report; and the minimum fine, if assessed, shall be $300.

Chairpersons and treasurers of noncandidate committees are also reminded of their acknowledgment and certification on the “Noncandidate Committee Electronic Filing Form” that the information on all reports electronically filed online are true, complete, and accurate.  See, Hawaii Revised Statutes §§11-321(c)(2), 11- 331(b), and 11-340(a).

Please call the Commission at (808) 586-0285 if you have any questions.  Our office hours are Monday through Friday from 7:45 am to 4:30 pm, Hawaiian Standard Time, and we are closed on regular state holidays.

A list of noncandidate committees required to file the Preliminary Primary Report will be posted later.