Campaign Finance 

Use the following information to learn about the relationship between bank accounts and requirments from the Internal Revenue Service.

This area breaks down the campaign finance process, and explains basic points of filing and commonly asked questions.  Contributions, Expenditures, Loans, and Closing a Campaign are all covered, and will help you to resolve your questions with regards to filling out the online or paper financial reports.

This video was produced from a series of training sessions held in February 2012 to train candidates and treasurers in campaign finance.  Here you will find a video of one of the sessions along with the downloadable presentation.

This is a list of deadline dates for campaign finance reports, for the most recent or current election cycle. 

This area contains a comprehensive list of forms that can be utilized for campaign finance reporting for state, county and municipal offices.  This area also contains  

Here, you can find information and links to campaign finance election laws that have been produced by the WV state and federal governments.

Find out more information about the Secretary of State's online financial reporing system for statewide candidates, who can use the system, how to get access, and special instructions for bulk uploads of information.

This pilot program is for candidates for the West Virginia Supreme Court running for office in 2012.  Here you can find information, candidates, records, and laws regarding the public financing program.

This link will take you to the website of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), which is responsible for the regulation of candidates running for President, US Senate, and US House of Representatives.  All the financial reports of federal candidates are submitted to the FEC, and can be viewed on their webiste.

The information in this area is broken down by each of the two main respective categories of Electioneering Communications and Independent Expenditures, and then by year.  Here you can find out what organizations or individuals have been financially politically active, and how much they have spent. 

This area contains an alphabetical listing of political action committees (PAC).  Under each listing there will be a list of submitted financial reports of the committee's financial activities over the given reporting period. 

This area houses the lists of candidates organized by election years, and any campaign finance reports that the individual candidates or their treasurers have submitted to the West Virginia Secretary of State.  These listings include both scanned PDF versions of submitted paper documents as well as online digital filings.