What Political Committees File With The County Filing Authority?
A specific-purpose political committee files with a county filing authority if the committee supports or opposes either individual candidates or officeholders who file with the county filing authority or ballot measures to be voted on by the voters in the county. All general-purpose political committees file with the Ethics Commission. It is the filer’s responsibility to determine where a political committee files campaign finance reports. The Ethics Commission’s Campaign Finance Guide for Political Committees will help filers make this determination. A specific-purpose political committee that supports county candidates, officeholders, or measures may file with the Ethics Commission if it also supports candidates, officeholders, or measures in both the county and in one or more other jurisdictions. For example, a specific-purpose political committee that supports a particular candidate for county commissioner and a particular candidate for the city council of a city within the county
