Campaign Finance Commission Terminology

• Advisory Opinions
• Affidavit
• Affiliated Committees
• Ballot Committees (Including Statewide Referendums)
• Business Entity
• Campaign Committee
• Candidate
• Candidate Committee
• Commission Meeting
• Commission Orders
• Complainant
• Compliance Order
• Connected Organization
• Consent Order
• Contribution
• Contribution Limits
• Direct Ownership Interest
• Elected Executive Officer
• Election
• Election Cycle
• Election Year
• Electronic Filing (E-Filing)
• Expenditure (Campaign)
• Expenditure (Lobbyist)
• Fiduciary Position
• Filer ID
• Filing Schedule
• Form CCDR (Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report)
• Form COOSA (Choosing Option of Separate Accounting)
• Form DOI (Declaration of Intent to Collect Campaign Contributions)
• Form RC (Registration of a Candidate Committee)
• Form RCNC (Candidate Committee Name Change)
• Form RO (Registration for a Campaign Committee Other than Candidate)
• Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Act
• Gift (campaign, public officer)
• Gift (Vendor)
• Hearing
• Hearing Officer
• Independent Committees
• Independent Expenditures
• Lobbyist
• Member of the Family
• Non Candidate or Other Than Candidate Committees
• Non Election Year
• Notice of Hearing
• Ordinary and Necessary Expenses
• Person
• Personal Financial Disclosure Statement (PFDS)
• Political Action Committees
• Political Party
• Preliminary Hearing
• Press Room
• Public Employee
• Public Officer
• Qualifying Officer
• Recall Committees
• Regulated Entity
• Respondent
• Separate Accounting Requirements and COOSA Form
• Separate Segregated Fund
• State Agency
• State Business Transaction Report
• State-wide Elected Executive Officer (SEEO)
• Substantial Compliance
• Substantial Interest
• Vendor
• Vendor Disclosure Law
• Vendor Level Lobbyist