Joint-ticket candidates: Candidates for U.S.Ballotpedia considers this committee filing equivalent to the candidate personally registering with the campaign finance agency. For example, New Hampshire Executive Councilor and gubernatorial candidate Andru Volinsky registered a candidate committee with the New Hampshire Secretary of State's office on April 3, 2019. We apply the same approach to state executive, state legislative, and state judicial candidates who have an active committee registered with their state's campaign finance agency but have not personally filed yet. If a person has not yet registered a statement of candidacy with the FEC but has filed a statement of organization for a committee in support of their campaign, Ballotpedia would treat that as a reasonable substitute for a personal filing and treat their candidacy as official. committee filings: Candidates are not required to file a statement of candidacy with the FEC until their campaign has raised or spent more than $5,000. Ballotpedia updated his profile to include his presidential candidacy on May 16. President on May 16, 2019, but he did not file his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) until May 20, 2019. For example, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his candidacy for U.S. In this situation, Ballotpedia would treat their candidacy as official based on the initial announcement instead of waiting for their paperwork to be filed. Noteworthy candidates: A noteworthy person, such as an elected official or public figure, may announce their candidacy for an office prior to registering with a federal or state campaign finance agency.Here is how we approach each of them prior to the state's release of the official candidate list: There are some complicated or uncommon cases that may not fit cleanly within this definition of candidacy. Ballotpedia also adds unofficial declared candidates to our database, although they are flagged separately from the official candidates. This will enable their Ballotpedia profile page to be more informative for voters once they become an official candidate. However, we encourage declared candidates to complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

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