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Campaign Finance Reports
Chapter 55 of Mass General Law governs the financing of political campaigns in Massachusetts. The statue requires that candidates and political committees disclose all contributions received and expenditures made. There are various limitations and prohibitions on certain sources of campaign contributions. Additionally, the manner in which campaign funds may be spent is regulated by this statue along with guidelines established by the Office of Campaign and Political Finance.
Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2009 made changes to the Campaign Finance Law requiring City and Town Clerks to post Campaign Finance Reports for candidates and ballot question committees when there has been $1,000 or more in activity.
These reports, and reports for political campaigns with under $1,000 in activity, are filed in the Town Clerk's office and are available to the public.
Statement of Organization (M101)
- Any public employee who runs for elective office and will raise funds must have a committee organized on their behalf
- MGL Chapter 55, section 13 prohibits paid state, county, city or town employees, from political fundraising, even for their own campaign
- All candidates/treasurers appearing on ballot
- Treasurers for ballot question committees
- All incumbents
- All candidates/treasurers whose name appeared on ballot regardless of outcome
- Treasurers of active ballot question committees
- Treasurers of all other active candidate committees
- M 102 is required for all candidates who HAVE received contributions, made expenditures (includes those who have spent their own money); or incurred obligations during the reporting period, or DO have a campaign fund in existence (balance).
- Receipts of $50 or more must be itemized alphabetically on Schedule A; Candidates required to file an M 102 should disclose the disposition of assets as receipts on Schedule A
- Expenditures of $50 or more must be itemized alphabetically on Schedule B
- Any donations made of value (other than money) of $50 or more must be itemized on Schedule C
- Schedule D is a cumulative schedule of ALL debts as of the last day of the reporting period
- Click here for detailed information
- M102-0 for candidates who HAVE NOT received contributions, made expenditures, or incurred obligations during the reporting period and DO NOT have a campaign fund in existence (balance).
The 30th day after election report is no longer required for communities who have adopted a city form of government with elections in November.
Dissolution of Committee: Treasurers are required to retain a detailed account of receipts for 6 years from the date of the relevant election.
Candidates running for Municipal Office who File Locally: Click here Version OptionsCampaign Finance ReportsHeadline202320222021202020192018 20172016 to access the Campaign Finance Guide
Reports filed with Town Clerk
2023
STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
VOTE YES FOR OUR SCHOOLS | MARSHALL | RYAN | CANO-MARTIN | HUNTER | HOLLOWAY | DANIELS | CLARK | ROONEY | HYNES | HEGNER | TORO | TAUB | LEONARD | RHODES | NDIFREKE | SHIAO | DEVLIN GAUTHIER | GOFFREDO | O'CONNOR |
CHANGE OF TREASURER
ROONEY | PROGRESSIVE COALITION OF AMHERST (PAC) | CANO-MARTIN | STEINBERG |
PRE-ELECTION REPORTS
2022
YEAR END REPORTS
RHODES | GRIESEMER | HANNEKE | SARAT | SCHROEDER | EDWARDS | LEE | PAM, DOROTHY | LEFEBVRE | BREWER | ELY |
DEANGELIS | DEMLING | AMEEN | O'CONNOR | MCDONALD | AMHERST FORWARD (PAC) | LOPES | BURKART | TAUB | WALKER |
STEINBERG | SHIAO | CAGE | PROGRESSIVE COALITION OF AMHERST (PAC) | ROONEY | SCHOEN | HERRINGTON | PAM, ROBERT | WILLIAMS | RYAN | MILLER | LORD | DEVLIN GAUTHIER
2021
Town election - november 2, 2021
STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION
douangmany cage | hanneke-amended (1), HANNEKE-AMENDED (2) and change of treasurer | Gauthier | schoen (new) | Ryan | miller | walker | rhodes | rooney and change of treasurer | | LOPES | BAHL-MILNE | SHIAO | Herrington Change of Treasurer | Ross Change of Treasurer | Merriam | LORD | Marshall |
O'CONNOR | TAUB
8th DAY PRECEDING ELECTION
TAUB | AMEEN | HANNEKE | MARSHALL | LEFEBVRE | WILLIAMS | ROBERT PAM | ELY | GREENEY | HERRINGTON | LORD |
YEAR END REPORT
DISSOLUTION REPORT
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES
PROGRESSIVE COALITION OF AMHERST
STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION|CHANGE OF TREASURER| AMENDED STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION | 8TH DAY PRECEDING - Amended | YEAR END - Amended | CPF M18A
Ballot Question CommitteeS
VOTE YES FOR OUR LIBRARY - STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION | 8TH DAY PRECEDING | YEAR END | DISSOLUTION
VOTE NO - START OVER SMART - STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION | 8TH DAY PRECEDING | DISSOLUTION
2020
YEAR-END REPORT
spitzer | ross | pam | lazdowski | dumont | steinberg | demling | de angelis | Bahl-Milne | PAGE - AND DISSOLUTION
2019
Town Election - November 5, 2019
Statement of Organization
Lazdowski | Mills | Herrington | Pam | Nakajima
Change of Purpose
Itemization of Reimbursements
8th Day Preceding Election
Schroeder | Lefebvre | Demling | Burkart | Mills | Lazdowski | Nakajima | Herrington | Spitzer | Pam | McDonald | Williams Nakajima - mid-year report
Year-end ReportS
Lazdowski | Griesemer | Hanneke | Demling | Ryan | Schroeder | Boutilier (year end and dissolution) | Spitzer | Herrington |
Page | McDonald | Mills | Ross | Brewer | Nakajima | De Angelis | Edwards | DuMont | Steinberg | Pam | Bahl-Milne | Robert Pam
Political Action and Ballot Question Committees
Amherst Forward
Statement of Organization | 8th day preceding report | year end | 2019 8th day preceding report | 2019 year end
Vote No on the Charter
Not This Charter
2018
Town Election - November 6, 2018
8th Day Preceding Election Report
Povinelli | Schreiber (Schreiber - amended)| Reffsin | Bahl-Milne | Bobrowski | Bobrowski - amended | Brewer | De Angelis | DuMont (Dumont - amended)| Greeney | Griesemer | Hanneke | Kusner | MacLeod | Maidana | Page | Pam | Pistrang | Pistrang - amended | Ross | Ryan | Schoen | Steinberg | Swartz | Usher | Vickery | Braun | Nunez-Ortiz
Dissolution
Kusner | Pistrang | Town Meeting Works | Braun | Thatcher | Nilsen | Greeney | Kruger | Schreiber | laCour | Nunez-Ortiz | Axelson-Berry | Slaughter | MacLeod | Reffsin | Usher | Bobrowski
Year End Reports
Sarat | Schreiber | Williams | Povinelli | Griesemer | De Angelis | Steinberg | Hanneke | McDonald | Herrington | Maidana | Brewer | Ryan
Schoen | Bahl-Milne | Swartz | Nunez-Ortiz | Ely | Boutilier | Axelson-Berry | Spitzer | Slaughter | Pam | MacLeod | Reffsin | Usher |
Dumont | Page | Ross | Lee | Bobrowski
Town Preliminary - September 4, 2018
Change of Purpose
Steinberg | Brewer | Vickery | Hayden
Statement of Organization
Griesemer | Hanneke | Ross | Reffsin | Usher | Bahl-Milne | Ryan | Parker | Bobrowski | Lee | Schreiber | De Angelis | DuMont | Page | Pistrang | Swartz | Maidana | Pam | Braun | Povinelli | Hayden | Schoen | LaCour | Maxfield | MacLeod | Nunez-Ortiz
8th Day Preceding Election Report
Candidates:
Kusner | Maidana | Schreiber (Schreiber - amended)| De Angelis | Povinelli | Vickery | Hanneke | Ross | Dumont (Dumont - amended)| Swartz | Bobrowski | Greeney | Pam | Pistrang | Page | Reffsin | Brewer | Maxfield - Amended 8th day Maxfield amended report | Bahl-Milne | MacLeod | Hayden | Ryan | Lee | Griesemer | laCour | Steinberg | Braun | Nunez-Ortiz
30th Day Post Election Report
Candidates: Maxfield - amended report | Swartz | Bobrowski
Year End Report
Dissolution
Amherst for All 2.0 | Maxfield |
Annual Town Election - March 27, 2018
Statement of Organization
Candidates: McDonald | Spitzer | Herrington | Nilsen | PAC Ely & Sarat
Ballot Question Committees: Town Meeting Works | Amherst For All 2.0 | Vote No on the Charter | Not This Charter
8th Day Preceding Election Report
Candidates: Babian | Nilsen | McDonald | Ely | Herrington | Sarat | Axelson-Berry | Spitzer | Greeney | PAC Ely & Sarat | Herrington Correction
Ballot Question Committees: Town Meeting Works | Amherst for All 2.0 | Not This Charter | Vote No on the Charter
30th Day After Election Report
Candidates: Sarat | McDonald | Ely | PAC Ely & Sarat | PAC Ely & Sarat CPF R1 | Herrington | Axelson-Berry | Spitzer |
Ballot Question Committees: Amherst for All 2.0 | Not This Charter | Vote No on the Charter | Not This Charter - AMENDED
2017
Annual Town Election - March 28, 2017
Statement of Organization: Demling Demling-Revised M101| Page | Greeney
8th Day Preceding Election
Steinberg | Kruger | Axelson-Berry | Johnson | Nakajima | Page | Demling
30th Day Post Election
Johnson | Lefebvre | Edwards | Demling | Page | Page - Amendment to 30th Day | Hoffmann | Lee | Krueger | Johnson Correction | Johnson Dissolution |
Appy Dissolution | Nakajima | Axelson-Berry |
end of year reports
Kruger | Demling | Steinberg | Page | Boutilier | Axelson-Berry | Brewer | Ordonez |
Nakajima | Nakajima - Amendment to Campaign Finance Report |
Vote No on the Charter | Not This Charter | Amherst For All 2.0 | Town Meeting Works |
Special Town Election - March 28, 2017
Ballot Question Committees
Statement of Organization: Vote Yes for Amherst | SASS - Referendum
8th Day Preceding Election: Vote Yes for Amherst | SASS - Referendum
30th Day Post Election: Vote Yes for Amherst | SASS - Referendum | BOLD Dissolution | Amherst For All Dissolution
2016
Annual Town Election
Statement of Organization
Candidates: Ordonez | Kent | O'Connor
Ballot Question Committees:
Save Amherst Small Schools | Building Opportunities and Learning Diversity | Amherst For All | Town Meeting Works
8th Day Preceding Election
Candidates: Brewer | Ordonez | Kent | O'Connor
Ballot Question Committees:
Save Amherst Small Schools | Building Opportunities and Learning Diversity | Amherst For All | Town Meeting Works
30th Day Preceding Election
Candidates: Brewer | Kent | O'Connor
Ballot Question Committees:
Save Amherst Small Schools | Building Opportunities and Learning Diversity | Amherst For All | Town Meeting Works
End of Year
Candidates: Brewer | Ordonez | Kent
Incumbents: Steinberg | Boutilier | Appy
Ballot Question Committees:
Building Opportunities and Learning Diversity | Amherst For All |
Dissolution: Amherst For All
Political Action Committee - Report of Independent Expenditures Promoting Election or Defeat of Candidate(s)
Amherst For Change
Reports: 2/26/16 to 3/18/16 | 3/19/16 to 3/21/16 | 3/22/16 to 3/23/16 | 3/24/16 to 3/25/16 | 2/26/16 to 12/15/16 and Dissolution