Political committees participating in an election may have a filing obligation in addition to a Pre-Election Report. (A committee is considered to be participating in an election if it has a candidate or issue on the ballot, or if it makes expenditures totaling more than $500 in support of or in opposition to candidates or propositions that are on the ballot.)

A political committee that receives a contribution (including loans, personal monies and in-kind contributions) of more than $500 in aggregate during the thirty days prior to an election (except for a General Primary Election) must file a Schedule A-1 within two business days of receipt.

For a General Primary Election the A-1 period runs from January 1st through the day before the election, but the Schedule A-1 must still be filed within two business days of receipt. This includes any contribution from a candidate to his own committee and also includes contributions received up through and including the day before any election.

During the Schedule A-1 filing period, you can easily view the number of active committees and the number of reports filed, split by electronic and paper filings, during the current filing period.