Source: http://ags.hawaii.gov/campaign/main/2018-candidates-who-were-unsuccessful-in-the-general-election/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 02:59:10+00:00

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The Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission (“Commission”) would like to recognize your efforts in the 2018 General Election to serve the State of Hawaii and/or its counties. The following guidance is to assist you with understanding what your next steps are as a candidate.
The next report is the Final Election Period Report which is due no later than 11:59 p.m. Hawaii standard time on Thursday, December 6, 2018. For candidates who filed the Preliminary General Report, this report will cover the period from October 23, 2018 through November 6, 2018. For candidates who lost in the Primary Election and who did not file the Preliminary General Report, this report will cover the period from August 12, 2018 through November 6, 2018. For candidates whose aggregate contributions and aggregate expenditures for the election period totaled $1,000 or less, this report represents your first disclosure report and will cover the period from January 1, 2018 through November 6, 2018. For partial public funding candidates, you must also file the Expenditures of Public Funds Report by Thursday, December 6, 2018. Failure to timely file these reports will likely result in fines.
If your committee has a surplus or deficit, you must continue to file reports on the candidate filing system until the surplus has been disbursed (see Part II) or the deficit has been cleared and a request to terminate has been approved by Commission staff (see Part IV). Please contact the Commission to obtain the applicable reporting schedule or visit our website at www.hawaii.gov/campaign to obtain the applicable reporting schedule for reports due beyond the December 6, 2018 deadline.
If you currently have no surplus or deficit and would like to terminate your registration with the Commission, you can file the Final Election Period Report (and the Expenditures of Public Funds Report for partial public funding candidates) early and follow the steps in Part IV for terminating your registration.
With the exception of partial public funding candidates who must return any and all unused public funds to the Commission by December 6, 2018, any surplus funds remaining in your campaign account after the November 6, 2018 general election must be spent by November 6, 2019 unless a new Organizational Report is filed on or before November 6, 2019. Filing a new Organizational Report typically means that you intend to run in the next subsequent election (see Part III for more information). Campaign funds may also be used as provided in Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”) §11-381 or returned to contributors until one (1) year from the date of the election for which the campaign funds were received. Funds that are not used or returned to contributors shall escheat to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund (“HECF”). See, HRS §11-384(d).
Regardless of how you choose to spend your surplus, please be mindful that any expenditure of campaign funds must be reported in the appropriate disclosure report and electronically filed with the Commission.
If you intend to run for office in the next election and want to carry over your campaign funds, you must file a new Organizational Report on or before November 6, 2019. HRS §11-384(f) provides that “campaign funds may be used for the candidate’s next subsequent election as provided in section 11-381 upon registration for the election pursuant to section 11-321.” Of course, if there are any changes at any time to your Organizational Report (e.g., new chairperson, treasurer, address, phone number, bank information, etc.), you are required under HRS §11-322 to file an amended Organizational Report within ten (10) days of the change via the candidate filing system.
File a final report showing no surplus or deficit.
Complete and submit your “Request for Termination of Registration” form when you do not have a surplus or deficit.
Attach a copy of the closing bank statement for the campaign account to verify that the account has been closed.
If you acquired durable assets, you must dispose of the assets and report the disposition in the candidate filing system.
All fines and penalties owed to the Commission must be paid.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (808) 586-0285. Thank you for your kokua and interest in public service.
 Part II discusses the disposition of surplus campaign funds. If a candidate has a deficit resulting from outstanding loans, it may be possible to terminate the committee’s registration if the loans are forgiven but keep in mind that loans from other than the candidate which are forgiven are considered contributions subject to the candidate’s contribution limits. Please contact the Commission for more information.
 You can sell the assets at the commercially reasonable rate and deposit the money with your committee, then disburse the funds as specified in Part II, or you can donate the assets to community organizations as specified in HRS §11-381, subject to the donation limits of your office and after the general election.
* These candidates have indicated to the Commission that their aggregate contributions and aggregate expenditures for the 2018 election period will total $1,000 or less so the Final Election Period Report due December 6, 2018 will cover the period January 1 through November 6, 2018. The Final Election Period Report for the other unsuccessful candidates will cover the period October 23 through November 6, 2018.

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