Candidate Guidelines and Forms#
The Candidate Guidelines are intended to provide candidates for municipal office general information about the basic requirements of running for municipal office at the next regular municipal election in November of odd-numbered years.
Questions regarding the Candidate Guidelines or requirements of running for municipal office should be addressed to the City Clerk's Office at elections@fcgov.com or by calling 970.221.6515.
General Information#
- Candidate Guidelines
- Candidate Resources
- District-Precinct Maps
- Important Dates (updated 6/26/23)
- City Charter
- FAQs (coming soon)
General Forms#
- Candidate Affidavit
- Committee Registration
- Nomination Petition (will be posted closer to the earliest date to circulate the petition - August 8, 2023)
- Financial Disclosure Statement
Campaign Reporting Forms#
The campaign report forms MUST be maintained in Excel format and submitted electronically as Excel files. Opening/using the forms in another software package will significantly change the formatting.
- 35-day pre-election report (covering from date of committee registration through Oct 1)
- 21-day pre-election report (covering Oct 2 through Oct 15)
- 14-day pre-election report (covering Oct 16 through Oct 22)
- Friday before election day report (covering Oct 23 through Nov 1)
- 35-day post-election report (covering Nov 2 through Dec 10)
- 70-day post-election report (covering Dec 11 through Jan 14, 2024)
- Annual report (covering Jan 14, 2024 through Oct 30, 2024)
- Termination report
A candidate committee must obtain from each seller a certification of full fair market value for any purchased goods or services, and from the contributor for any goods or services that constitute a contribution or contribution in kind. Any seller or contributor asked to provide a certification of value must provide to the candidate committee a correct and undiscounted statement of value. Certification of value documentation must be retained by the candidate committee and provided to the City Clerk, or other appropriate City official responsible for investigating or reviewing compliance, upon request.
Contributions from Limited Liability Companies (LLC) must be accompanied by the following form completed by the LLC and provided to the Committee. The Committee must retain the form, but it does not need to be filed with the City Clerk.
NOTE: Campaign Finance Reporting Forms must be filed electronically by emailing the Excel file to elections@fcgov.com, and are considered timely if filed no later than midnight Mountain Standard Time on the date due. The report due the Friday before the election is due at noon Mountain Standard Time.