{"id":871,"date":"2011-01-09T20:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dandunn.org\/blog\/?p=871"},"modified":"2011-01-09T20:00:56","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T00:00:56","slug":"campaign-nuts-and-bolts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dandunn.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/campaign-nuts-and-bolts\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign Nuts and Bolts"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I’m sure you remember, I’m running for Selectman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There’s not a lot of definitive guidance I’ve found about running a legal campaign for municipal campaign. \u00c2\u00a0I’ve slogged my way through a fair amount of it the last few weeks, so I figured I’d write it up here for future interested candidates.<\/p>\n

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  1. The first is easiest – walk down to the Town Clerk’s office and pull papers<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Create a committee. \u00c2\u00a0There are a few campaigns where you don’t need a committee, but it looks to me like you really should do this. \u00c2\u00a0Appoint yourself chairman, find a treasurer, and fill out the forms. \u00c2\u00a0The CPF M 101 form<\/a> is found here<\/a>. Fill it out and turn it in to the Town Clerk.<\/li>\n
  3. Then you need to get a EIN (tax ID number) from the IRS. \u00c2\u00a0This took me forever to figure out, but finally found the magic quote: “A political organization must have its own employer identification number (EIN), even if it does not have any employees.” \u00c2\u00a0Read it here<\/a>, then request your EIN<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0What makes it easier, by the way, is when you click the interview option that you’re doing this only for bank purposes – it’s a short application then.<\/li>\n
  4. Open a bank account. \u00c2\u00a0My regular bank, Cambridge Savings, won’t do campaign accounts anymore, so I went to Central Bank<\/a> on Broadway. \u00c2\u00a0I brought my treasurer, too. \u00c2\u00a0We signed things that said we were neither terrorists nor online gamblers (what a waste of time and money. . .). \u00c2\u00a0We deposited checks. \u00c2\u00a0And we were in business.<\/li>\n
  5. Next up is filing statements by January 20. \u00c2\u00a0That’s the year-end statement for 2010. \u00c2\u00a0To do that you need CPF M 102<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0Again, file that one with the Town Clerk.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hope that helps someone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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