Introduction

The Transparency in Contribution and Expenditure Reporting (TRACER) system is a web-based application that provides State, County, Candidate and Committee Users with the tools to manage campaign finance processes through a centralized, statewide campaign finance system.

Features

• Candidates and Committees

• • Adding and updating Candidates

  • Adding and updating a Committees.

• Contributions

• • Adding, updating, and returning contributions.

  • Updating Contributors.

  • Viewing contribution history.

• Expenditures

• • Adding, updating, and returning expenditures.

  • Updating Payees.

  • Viewing expenditure history.

• Loans

• • Adding and updating loans.

  • Adding and updating loan payments.

  • Viewing loan history.

• Affidavits and Registrations

• • Adding and amending Candidate affidavits.

  • Processing, adding, and amending Committee registrations.

• Filings

• • Filing reports.

  • Checking in manually submitted reports.

  • Retracting filed reports.

  • Filing amendments to filed reports.

• Penalties and Waivers

• • Requesting and viewing waivers.

  • Adding violations and entering payments against violations.

• Reports

• • Generating, viewing, and printing reports.

• Administration

• • Updating Candidates, Committees, Officers, filing schedules, and events.

• System Administration

• • Maintaining system environment settings, non-campaign finance Users, and code tables.

Benefits

• Up-to-date technology: mainstream, reliable, low-risk.

• Secure and reliable architecture.

• Centralized and browser-accessible: low cost, easy to support.

• Software foundation: enables customization, flexibility and adaptability.

• Built for integration with other systems.

• Extensive online Help information.

For additional information regarding elections and campaign finance, visit the Colorado Secretary of State Elections Center web site at http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?.

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