About the NC Form 2210 Report

The NC Form 2210A/B/C is for Committees not registered in North Carolina (such as a Federal PAC, or Individual) that makes Independent Expenditures (IEs) for Candidates or Ballot Issues in North Carolina.

There are three forms associated with the Form 2210:

Form 2210-A (Cover Page)

The information on this page is populated based on the information associated with the Filer Record.

• If the filer is an individual, the Individual box will check under Entity Type
• If the filer is a business, type Non-Profit, the Nonprofit Organization box will check
• Otherwise, the Other Organization box will check

Custodian of Records information will pull from the entity linked as Recordkeeper/Recordkeeper Of relationship to the Filer Entity Record.

If the Paper Only box is checked, the Date Filed field on the Cover Page will not populate.

Versions:

• Standard: itemizes ALL contributions, expenses and IEs if more than $100 in aggregate in the period
• 48 Hour Report: itemizes contributions of more than $1000 in aggregate in the period and IEs if more than $5000 in aggregate in the period

Form 2210-B (Donations for Independent Expenditures)

Transaction Type: Monetary Contribution

Form 2210-C (Incurred Costs for Independent Expenditures)

Transaction Types: Expense (on the Standard version of the report), Support/Oppose Memo with either tag IE to Support or IE to Oppose associated with either an Expense or Accrued Expense Payment (on all versions of the report)

Please ensure transactions intended to be Independent Expenditures have a Support/Oppose Memo to the appropriate Candidate or Ballot Issue (rather than the Candidate or Ballot Committee)

There are two versions of the report:

• 48 Hour Report: This version must be filed before an election but after the period covered by the last report due before that election.
  This version:
  • itemizes contributions of more than $1000 in aggregate in the period
  • itemizes expenses and/or IEs if more than $5000 in aggregate in the period
• Standard: This version must be filed on the same schedule as political committees until the end of the election.
  This version:
  • itemizes ALL contributions
  • itemizes expenses and/or IEs if more than $100 in aggregate in the period

You must email the downloaded .csb file to: Campaign.Reporting@ncsbe.gov

48 Hour Reports may be filed via fax or email to the relevant non-State Board

48 Hour Reports filing with the State Board of Elections may be sent by fax to:
(919) 715-0135
or email to:
Campaign.Reporting@ncsbe.gov