Overview of Colorado Campaign Finance and Disclosure Requirements

This memorandum provides an overview of Colorado campaign finance and disclosure requirements for political office candidates.  Specifically, this memorandum provides information on:

• candidacy and candidate affidavit requirements
• candidate committees;
• expenditure reporting requirements and voluntary spending limits;
• contribution reporting requirements;
• non-candidate political committees and their reporting requirements
• contribution limits;
• disclosure filing schedules; and
• disclosure complaints and penalties.