Hosted by the campaign finance support team.
What are lawn chair chats?
These chats are informal discussions about campaign finanace related topics. It's a great way to increase your knowledge or get clarification on a specific topic. If you have a topic suggestion email our campaign finance team at cpfhelp@sos.state.co.us.
Upcoming chat sessions
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
3:00 PM MST
TBD
Forthcoming
Forthcoming
Past chat sessions
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
3:00 PM MST
Drop-in open door/mic session - TRACER functionality
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
3:00 PM MST
School board candidates & their candidate committees
School board candidates & committees presentation (PDF)
School board candidate information (PDF)
Wednesday, December 2
3:00 PM
Unexpended campaign funds, how candidate committees report carryover/rollover funds, and termination reports
Campaign and Political Finance Rules 2.2.4 and 12.3.
Rollover of funds for candidate committees (PDF)
Rollover funds reporting - TRACER example (PDF)
Unexpended funds usage - Term Comm - FAQ (PDF)
Wednesday, November 18
3:00 PM
Unexpended campaign funds, how candidate committees report carryover/rollover funds, and termination reports
Campaign and Political Finance Rules 2.2.4 and 12.3.
Rollover of funds for candidate committees (PDF)
Rollover funds reporting - TRACER example (PDF)
Unexpended funds usage - Term Comm - FAQ (PDF)
Wednesday, October 28
3:00 PM
The General Election is Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The last report for county filers before the election is Friday, October 30th and the last report for state filers before the election is Monday, November 2nd.
Open door/mic session
n/a
Wednesday, October 21
3:00 PM
Filing amended reports
Share tips for amending reports.
We encourage you to submit your questions to us in advance either through the registration page or via email at cpfhelp@sos.state.co.us.
Wednesday, October 14
3:00 PM MST
Colorado’s Campaign Finance laws, rules, and TRACER
n/a
Wednesday, September 30
3:00 PM
24-hour major contributor and 48-hour independent expenditure reports
24-hour major contributor reporting instructions (PDF)
48-hour independent expenditure reporting instructions (PDF)
Wednesday, September 23
3:00 PM
TRACER functionality
There is no set presentation. The Zoom call will be open for you to come in and out as you need with any TRACER questions.
n/a
Wednesday, September 16
4:00 PM
Disclaimer / paid for by statements
Review of the Colorado Campaign Finance Guidance on Disclaimer Statements (PDF) document.