SIXTH TUESDAY PRE-PRIMARY/ELECTION REPORTS are required to be filed only by candidates for state wide office, their authorized candidate committees, and any political committee or lobbyist that has made an expenditure to influence the election of a statewide candidate. In 2020, statewide offices appearing on the ballot include the following: 

ATTORNEY GENERAL

AUDITOR GENERAL

STATE TREASURER

Political committees/lobbyists that have not made expenditures to influence the election of a candidate for statewide offices listed above do not need to file the Sixth Tuesday Pre Primary/Election report.

SECOND FRIDAY PRE- AND THIRTY DAY POST-PRIMARY/ELECTION REPORTS are required to be filed by all candidates appearing on the ballot and all political committees and lobbyists that have made expenditures to influence the election of such candidates. In 2020, offices appearing on the ballot include:

ATTORNEY GENERAL

AUDITOR GENERAL

STATE TREASURER​

SENATOR IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

24 HOUR REPORTING

Section 1628 of the Campaign Expense Reporting Law, 25 P.S. § 3248, requires any candidate or political committee, authorized by a candidate and created solely for the purpose of influencing an election on behalf of that candidate, which receives any contribution or pledge of five hundred dollars ($500) or more, or any person making an independent expenditure of five hundred dollars ($500) or more after the final pre-election/pre-primary report has been deemed completed shall report such contribution or expenditure to the appropriate supervisor. The candidate, chairperson or treasurer of the political committee shall send the report of late contributions within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the contribution. The same shall apply to persons making independent expenditures. The bureau will accept the filing of 24 Hour Reports by facsimile at 717-705-0721, or via e-mail at: ra-stcampaignfinance@state.pa.us. The filing of reports by facsimile or e-mail applies only to 24 Hour Reports; it does not apply to the filing of campaign finance reports. The filing of late contribution reports does not remove the obligation to also report those contributions on the appropriate post-election/post-primary expense report filing. Please contact our office for specific reporting dates for late contribution reports.

NOTE: All dates are subject to change without notice in the event of passage of any amendatory legislation.