Once a committee has familiarized themselves with the Campaign Finance Disclosure (CFDA), has opened its campaign committee, created an account and Statement of Organization in COMET; the committee now has the responsibility for Campaign Finance Reporting. Below are the filing deadlines for general and special elections.
| Activity Beginning | Activity Ending | Report Due |
| Inception | December 27, 2018 | January 2, 2019 |
| December 28, 2018 | January 8, 2019 | February 7, 2019 |
Large Pre-Election Contribution reporting for Special Elections begins --December 28, 2018.
- Candidates follow the 2019 November General Schedule after the post-election report is filed.
| Activity Beginning | Activity Ending | Report Due |
| Inception | March 21, 2019 | March 25, 2019 |
| March 22, 2019 | April 2, 2019 | April 15, 2019 |
| April 3, 2019 | May 30, 2019 | June 3, 2019 |
| May 31, 2019 | June 30, 2019 | July 15, 2019 |
| July 1, 2019 | August 31, 2019 | September 16, 2019 |
| September 1, 2019 | September 30, 2019 | October 15, 2019 |
| October 1, 2019 | October 24, 2019 | October 28, 2019 |
| October 25, 2019 | November 28, 2019 | December 5, 2019 |
| November 29, 2019 | December 31, 2019 | January 15, 2020 |
Large Pre-Election Contribution reporting for Special Elections begins – March 22, 2019.
| Activity Beginning | Activity Ending | Report Due |
| Inception | March 22, 2019 | March 25, 2019 |
| March 23, 2019 | April 25, 2019 | May 2, 2019 |
| April 26, 2019 | June 30, 2019 | July 15, 2019 |
| July 1, 2019 | August 31, 2019 | September 15, 2019 |
| September 1, 2019 | September 30, 2019 | October 15, 2019 |
Large Dollar Contributions Reporting – Single contributions of $10000 or more received at any time are to be reported within 3 business days of receipt of a contribution or loan.
A referendum committee may either (i) file a final report within six months after the referendum is held or (ii) continue as a political action committee more than six months after the referendum is held, provided that the committee submits an amended statement of organization to the State Board re-designating the committee as a political action committee and complies with the requirements for political action committees in Article 4 of this chapter including the reporting schedule set forth in § 24.2-949.6.
| Activity Beginning | Activity Ending | Report Due |
| Inception | March 28, 2019 | April 1, 2019 |
| March 29, 2019 | April 9, 2019 | May 9, 2019 |
| April 10, 2019 | May 30, 2019 | June 3, 2019 |
| May 31, 2019 | June 30, 2019 | July 15, 2019 |
| July 1, 2019 | August 31, 2019 | September 16, 2019 |
| September 1, 2019 | September 30, 2019 | October 15, 2019 |
| October 1, 2019 | October 24, 2019 | October 28, 2019 |
| October 25, 2019 | November 28, 2019 | December 5, 2019 |
| November 29, 2019 | December 31, 2019 | January 15, 2020 |
Large Pre-Election Contribution reporting for Special Elections begins – March 29, 2019.
Candidate Reporting Deadlines
2018 Reporting deadline and Schedule Filing Instructions (.pdf)
2019 Reporting deadline and Schedule Filing Instructions (.pdf)
