**Seed Money Report Due July 23, 2012 For Hawaii County Council Candidates Participating in the Comprehensive Public Funding Program**
The third Seed Money Report due for Hawaii County Council candidates participating in the Comprehensive Public Funding program will cover the period April 1 through July 12, 2012. The Seed Money Report must be electronically filed on the Candidate Filing System (CFS) and is due no later than 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time on July 23, 2012.
Seed Money Report #3 is not required to be filed if a Hawaii County Council candidate had a zero balance on Seed Money Report #2 and that candidate did not intend to receive or expend any additional seed money.
Seed Money Information
Up to $3,000 in seed money may be received by a participating candidate from the following sources:
- Private contributions (monetary and nonmonetary) from an individual, provided that the contributions do not exceed $250 from each individual and are not received from a prohibited source (e.g., false name, anonymous, or foreign national);
- The candidate’s personal funds; and
- The candidate’s surplus funds from a prior campaign.
Seed money may be received until the candidate files the “Declaration of Intent to Seek Comprehensive Public Funding” with the Commission. For purposes of this pilot program only, the candidate’s use of personal funds for seed money shall be entered into the CFS on Schedule A - Contributions Received.
Seed money must be used only for expenditures necessary to determine whether sufficient support exists for a candidate to run for office as a comprehensive publicly funded candidate. These expenditures may be made until the candidate is certified by the Commission as a comprehensive publicly funded candidate or the closing date to file nomination papers to run for office for which the candidate intends to seek election, whichever occurs first. If campaign material is purchased with the seed money, the campaign material cannot be used after filing the “Declaration of Intent to Seek Comprehensive Public Funding.”
Any seed money that is received but not expended must be donated to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund or deducted from the candidate’s base amount of funds.
Please call the Commission at (808) 586-0285 if you have any questions.
