Welcome to the new CFB website!

This page will help you get started

Your first arrival at the new site

If this is your first arrival at the new site, it may be because you tried to go to the home page of the Board's old site. All visitors are being redirected to the new site. The old site is no longer being kept up to date and will be removed from the internet and search engines in the coming weeks.

If you had resources on the old site that you can't find on the new site, or have general questions, comments, or suggestions, send an email to kevin.lochner@state.mn.us.

Site orientation

The new site is generally oriented by the type of resource you are looking for. Access resources by using one of the top level types:

• Filer resources

  Use this tab to complete filing actions, find filing forms, and find help on any matter relevant to a person who has to file something with the Board.

• Citizen resources

  Use this tab for general information about the Board and its programs. Here you can find out about upcoming and previous Board meetings, view meeting materials, find out about enforcement actions taken by the Board, and more.

• Reports and data

  This tab provides access to live online data that you can query plus printable PDF reports. For more about this tab, see the more detailed section below.

• Publications

  This tab provides access to both printed and online material that may be of use to persons involved or interested in the Board's programs.

The mega menu concept

Reports & data

The Reports & data features on the new site are complex. A separate guide is available here. Briefly, there are three main data access functions:

• Search

  The search menu items allow you to inquire into campaign finance data from various viewpoints. For example, you can inquire into independent expenditures either based on who the spender was or who the affected candidate was.

• All names search

  This search feature lets you enter the name of any person, which includes individuals, businesses, and other entities. The search returns a page showing you all of the various ways in which that person is involved with the Board. From the return page, you can click on any of the relationships to get more information about how that person is related to a Board program.

• Viewers

  The viewers are generally organized by program and allow you to enter a filer's name and get more detailed information about that filer, including access to filed reports.