§ 2-01 Registration.
RCNY § 2-01
A candidate in a covered election must register in the form and manner required by the Board prior to conducting financial activity or within 10 business days of filing a petition or a certificate of nomination or substitution to get on the ballot in a covered election, whichever is earlier.
(a)Not a statement of intent. The submission of a Registration shall not be construed as a statement of intent to join the Program.
(b)Applicable requirements. Because the requirements of the Act and these rules apply to financial transactions that take place before a candidate registers, the Board advises candidates to begin compliance with all applicable requirements set forth in the Act and these rules prior to registering.
(c)Deadline. A candidate must submit a complete Registration prior to conducting financial activity and within 10 business days of filing a petition or a certificate of nomination or substitution to get on the ballot in a covered election.
(d)Form. The Registration must contain any verifications of identity and affirmations as may be required by the Board.
(e)Contents. The Registration must include: (i) the candidate's name, residential address information and telephone numbers, email address, and employment information; (ii) a sworn statement from the candidate authorizing the committee to make, on the candidate's behalf, any filings as may be required by the Board to disclose all financial activity, including that of the candidate, related to the candidate's campaign; (iii) the name and mailing address, and treasurer name, treasurer residential address information and telephone numbers, treasurer email address, and treasurer employment information, of every political committee authorized by the candidate that has not been terminated, and, in the case of a participant or limited participant, an indication of which such committee is the principal committee, and a sworn statement from the treasurer of such committee that the candidate has authorized the committee to aid or take part in this election; (iv) the name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number of any person designated by the candidate to act as liaison with the Board for each committee filing disclosure statements; (v) by the earlier of the candidate's first required disclosure statement filing or 15 business days following submission of the Registration, identification of all bank accounts and other depository accounts, including merchant and payment processor accounts, into which receipts have been, or will be, deposited, and all bank accounts used for the purpose of repaying debt from a previous election; (vi) the specific office to which the candidate is seeking nomination or election; and (vii) other information as required by the Board.
(f)Small campaign registration.
(i)If neither the expected total cumulative receipts nor the expected total cumulative expenditures of a campaign, including expenditures made with the candidate's personal funds, exceeds an amount equal to the amount applicable to qualify for the exception provided in § 14-124(4) of the New York State Election Law, the candidate may register as a small campaign by submitting such information as may be required by the Board. The small campaign registration must also include an affirmation stating that neither the total cumulative receipts nor the total cumulative expenditures of the campaign, including expenditures made with the candidate's personal funds, will exceed the amount applicable to qualify for the exception provided in § 14-124(4) of the New York State Election Law, and that if such amount is exceeded, beginning on or before the deadline to file the next disclosure statement, the candidate will amend the Registration and submit all subsequent required disclosure statements, which must include all prior financial activity beginning at the inception of the campaign.
(ii)A candidate who has registered as a small campaign pursuant to this section need not submit disclosure statements. If a candidate who has registered as a small campaign raises or spends an amount exceeding the amount necessary to qualify for the exception provided in § 14-124(4) of the New York State Election Law, the candidate must amend their Registration and submit all subsequent required disclosure statements, beginning on or before the deadline to file the next disclosure statement. The first such statement filed must include all prior financial activity beginning at the inception of the campaign. (Added City Record 8/16/2019, eff. 9/15/2019; amended City Record 5/22/2020, eff. 6/21/2020; amended City Record 1/19/2021, eff. 2/18/2021; amended City Record 11/19/2024, eff. 12/19/2024)
