Campaign Finance

Candidates and committees in municipal elections are required to file appropriate campaign finance forms online with the Town Clerk.  

DO NOT FILE ONLINE THROUGH TRACER.

Submit required forms electronically by midnight on the due date at the following links: 

Forms

Please refer to the 2025 Municipal Filing Calendar for filing deadlines. 

To request forms in hard copy please contact the Town Clerk. 

FCPA Filings 

All reports required to be filed are public records. You can view campaign finance reports by accessing our public records page. 

Colorado Campaign and Political Finance Manual

Click here to access the Colorado Campaign and Political Finance Manual. 

Campaign Committees

Standalone Candidate 

Standalone candidates are candidates without a candidate committee. A candidate committee is not required if you will not seek or accept contributions during candidacy or if a candidate will only spend their own money. A candidate committee is required if a candidate will accept money from any other person or entity. 

Candidate Committee

A candidate committee accepts contributions and makes expenditures under the authority of the candidate. A candidate committee includes the candidate. It is not necessary for a candidate committee to have additional members. Telluride Municipal Code Section 2-1-100  imposes contribution limits in the amount of $400 for candidates and candidate committees.

Political Committee 

A political committee is any person, other than a natural person, or any group of two or more persons, including natural persons that have accepted or made contributions or expenditures in excess of $200 to support of oppose the nomination or election of one or more candidates. Telluride Municipal Code Section 2-1-100  imposes contribution limits in the amount of $400 for political committees.

Issue Committee 

Colorado law defines an issue committee as any person, other than a natural person, or any group of two or more persons, including natural persons, that has:

  • A major purpose of supporting or opposing any ballot issue or ballot question; and 
  • That has accepted or made contributions or expenditures in excess of $200 to support or oppose any ballot issue or ballot question OR has printed two hundred or more petition sections. 

An organization or group of people who support or oppose an issue should familiarize themselves with the laws concerning issue committees before the group engages in political activity to ensure compliance with any campaign finance laws that may apply.

Small-Scale Issue Committee

A committee that raises or spends money between $200 and $5,000 to support or oppose ballot measures.

Direct Ballot Issue or Ballot Question Expenditures 

Any person, after expending $5,000 in aggregate in a calendar year on Direct Ballot Issue or Ballot Question Expenditures, must report to the Town Clerk each additional expenditure of $1,000 or more. This disclosure report must be filed no later than 48-hours after the Direct Ballot Issue or Ballot Question Expenditure was made. Direct Ballot Issue or Ballot Question Expenditure means direct spending in support of or opposition to any single ballot issue or ballot question by a person who does not otherwise meet the requirements of an Issue Committee. 

Please read the Campaign Finance Manual for additional campaign finance information. 

Complaints asserting violations of any Fair Campaign Practices Act provisions shall be filed with the Town Clerk’s Office pursuant to the adopted Rules and Procedure For Handling Third Party Complaints Alleging Violations Of Campaign Finance Laws Relating To Municipal Elections. The office of the Colorado Secretary of State will neither accept nor consider municipal complaints and will redirect them to the Town Clerk’s Office.