Download the Campaign Finance Guide

This guide, published in electronic format, is designed to help campaign finance filers meet their disclosure and compliance requirements.

You may order a free copy of the guide in CD-ROM format through our publications page. You may also download a .ZIP file of the guide here. In the event of changes to campaign finance law, the guide will be updated as necessary. The following table contains all updates, organized by date. In the event of an update, the .zip file will be changed. You may also download individual segments of an update from the links below.

Instructions: After downloading the .ZIP file, unzip to your hard drive. Navigate to the new folder and click on index.htm to open the guide.

Date

Update

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February 2009

2009-2011 Limit Chart
Contribution Limit Adjustment Report

September 1, 2006

Campaign Finance Disclosure & Compliance Guide, Version 1

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Download Here (EXE -right click file and save to your computer)

Please note: this file is large (21MB) and may take some time to download.

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On August 26, 2009, United States District Court Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr., issued a permanent injunction enjoining the Ohio Secretary of State and the Ohio Elections Commission “from enforcing subsections (C), (D), (E), and (F) of Ohio Revised Code Section 3517.103 against any present or future candidate for statewide office.” Click here for more information.

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