Government Information: Elections and Campaign Finance

See the Data and Research sections. Includes election administration topics, including historical context of the topic and elections.

See Tools and Resources. Includes The Verifier, the most comprehensive view of voting equipment use and post-election audit requirements across the United States.

Links to forms filed be political organizations with links to information about other organizations.

Includes contribution limits, public financing, disclosure, enactments, and general information.

The Campaign Finance Institute has compiled a database of state campaign finance laws covering every state, 1996-2018. There's a visualization tool allowing for easy comparison across key variables and the full database can be downloaded to access more than 500 variables per state-year.

Financial Disclosure Reports include information about the source, type, amount, or value of the incomes of Members, officers, certain employees of the U.S. House of Representatives and related offices, and candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives.