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Online educational materials
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Campaign Finance Reporter Online videos
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Full CFRO Training
- CFRO training - basic (2.3 hours)
- CFRO training material handout
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Receipts
- Contributions from individuals
- Contributions from registered entities
- In-kind contributions received
- Contributions of $20 or less
- Contributions from unregistered associations
- Loans payable
- Modifying receipts
- Importing receipts
- Political contribution refund (PCR) receipts
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Expenses
- Expenditures and noncampaign disbursements
- Contributions made to others
- Reimbursement expenses
- In-kind expenditures
- Unpaid bills
- Credit card expenses
- Independent expenditures
- Approved expenditures
- Modifying expenses
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Filings
- Previewing and filing a report
- Filing an affidavit of contributions
- Filing a large contribution notice
- Filing an affidavit of independent expenditures
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Other
- Signing in to CFRO and delegate access
- Return of contribution
- User reports
- Maintaining entities
- Entity merge
- Batch compliance
- Beginning cash balance change
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Migration from CFR software
- CFRO migration
- Written CFRO migration instructions
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Campaign Finance Reporter software videos
- New year initialization
- Backing up and restoring data
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Campaign finance compliance training videos and handouts
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For candidate committees
- Candidate committee training
- Candidate training material handout
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For political party units and political committees and funds
- Political party unit and political committee and fund training
- Party unit and political committee/fund training material handout
- 2023 Hennepin County-focused training
- Hennepin County training material handout
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Lobbyist training videos and handouts
- Lobbyist report training
- Lobbyist compliance training
- Lobbyist compliance training material handout
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Interactive guides and tutorials
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For candidate committees
- Who can contribute to your committee
- What counts as a contribution
- How much to accept as a contribution
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For political party units and political committees and funds
- Who can contribute and what counts as a contribution
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For public officials
- Account creation tutorial
- Online reporting system tutorial