Instructions for Form: CF-1 (Rev. 11/2018) Prescribed by: STATE OF WISCONSIN, Ethics Commission
FORM INSTRUCTIONS
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGISTRATION STATEMENT (CF-1)
Item 1. Is this an amendment? Check the appropriate
box. If “Yes” is checked, enter the committee ID number
if you have one. If “No’ is checked, proceed directly to
Section A.
Section A: General Information. All candidates,
committees, and conduits must complete section A.
Item A1: Committee/Conduit Name. All committees and
conduits must have a name. It is not required that the name
include the candidate or organization’s name, but it
is recommended, e.g., Friends of John Smith. A political
party committee wishing to operate under the same
name as a state political party committee must receive
authorization from that state party (WIS. STAT. §
11.0101(26)(a)1).
Depository Institution Information. All committees and
conduits must designate a depository institution. While
it is recommended that all committees have a
designated campaign depository account, candidates who
will serve as their own treasurer may designate a
single personal account to serve as the committee
depository account while claiming a filing exemption
and may intermingle personal and campaign funds
(WIS. STAT. § 11.0201(2)(b)).
Treasurer/Administrator Information. Each
committee must appoint a treasurer and each conduit must
appoint an administrator. Any adult may serve as a
treasurer or administrator. A candidate may serve as
his or her own treasurer. If a candidate is serving as
their own treasurer, this section may be left blank.
Section B: Candidate Committees.
Candidate committees must complete section B. No other
committee type should complete section B.
Section C: Recall Committees. Recall committees
must complete section C. No other committee type
should complete section C.
Section D: PAC, IEC, and Conduits. Political
action committees, independent expenditure
committees, and conduits must complete section D.
No other committee type should complete section B.
All fields in section D refer to the sponsoring
organization’s contact information.
Section E: Political Party and Legislative
Campaign Committees. Only political party
committees and legislative campaign committees
should complete section
Section E: Political Party and Legislative Campaign
Committees. Only political party committees and
legislative campaign committees should complete section
E.
Item E2. A political party or a legislative
campaign committee may establish a segregated fund
for purposes other than making contributions to a
candidate committee or making disbursements for
express advocacy (WIS. STAT. § 11.1104(6)). It is
recommended that the committee maintain the
segregated fund in a depository account separate from
the primary account, but it is not required.
Items E3 - E7. If the segregated fund is maintained with
the same depository institution as the primary
account, write “Same as primary account.” in E3.
Section F: Referendum Committees. Only
referenda committees should complete section F.
Section G: Certification. All committees and
conduits must complete section G.
Note: Use of this form is required by the Ethics Commission for registration of a political committee or conduit under
Chapter 11 of Wisconsin Statute. Completion of this form is mandatory for committees that file on paper. It is not the
Commission’s intention to use any personally identifiable information from this form for any other purpose.
