Scope and Content: The director of campaign and political finance administers through his office the laws of Massachusetts regulating political campagns. Series contains correspondence of the director, general counsel, and other office staff relating to legislation, policy matters, and administration. Both incoming and copies of outgoing letters are included, as well as a chronological file of outgoing letters (box 5: 1991-1995 only)
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by correspondent
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Scope and Content: The director of campaign and political finance administers through this office the laws of the Commonwealth regulating political campaigns.  Persons seeking election to county or statewide office are required to designate a Massachusetts national bank or trust company as a depository for campaign funds and to report their campaign finances twice monthly to the director.  The director is charged by MGLA c 55, s 3 to examine these filings for accuracy and compliance with law and to investigate violations.  This series contains Certificates of appointment of depository (CPF D103); Campaign finance reports (CPF D102), and reports of General contributions (CPF D106), and Fund-raising contributions (CPF D107).
Arrangement: Arranged in chronologically progressive sequences, thereunder alphabetically by candidate name
Notes: Files of each candidate grouped under last contested date; may include those from: Nondepository candidate filings
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Scope and Content: The director of campaign and political finance administers through this office the laws of the Commonwealth regulating political campaigns.  Legal opinion records document the office’s role in the process to develop, request, respond to, or present opinions on legal matters directly relating to agency programs or functions. In fact it consists primarily of advisory opinions in response to requests from individuals and a variety of corporate entities regarding various political campaign activities.  Each advisory opinion file includes original request and completed opinion, and may also contain drafts, legislative background materials, legal counsel opinions, notes, and related correspondence.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder by opinion number
Notes: Box 1: 1976-1981–miscellaneous correspondence; 1982-1990: requests and competed replies only.  Box 2: 1991–full files for each request; also working papers. Box 3: 1992; also working papers. Box 4: 1993. Box 5: 1994. Boxes 6-7: 1995; instructional files
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Scope and Content: The director of campaign and political finance administers through this office the laws of the Commonwealth regulating political campaigns.  Persons seeking election to the General Court must report their campaign finances to the director of campaign and political finance three times during an election year and annually in other years.  The director is charged by MGLA c 55, c 3 to examine these filings for accuracy and compliance with the law, and to investigate violations.  This series contains Campaign finance reports (CPF 102) filed by these so-called nondepository candidates, and correspondence relating to filing or failure of candidates to file.
Arrangement: Arranged in chronologically progressive sequences, thereunder alphabetically by candidate name
Notes: Files of each candidate grouped under last contested date; may be filed with those from: Depository candidate filings
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Scope and Content: The director of campaign and political finance administers through this office the laws of the Commonwealth regulating political campaigns.  Political committees organized to enhance the political future of a principle must report their finances to the director three times during an election year and annually in other years, until the balance in their account is zero.  The director is charged by MGLA c 55, s 3 to examine these filings for accuracy and compliance with law, and to investigate violations.  This series contains Campaign finance reports (CPF 102) and correspondence relating to filings or failure to file.
Arrangement: Arranged in chronologically progressive sequences, thereunder by identification number
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Scope and Content: The director of campaign and political finance administers through this office the laws of the Commonwealth regulating political campaigns.  Political committees organized to promote the success or defeat of a question placed before the  people in a state ballot must report the status of their finances to the director sixty days before the election and on the fifth and twentieth days of the months thereafter, until the election and then until the balance in their accounts is zero.  The director is charged by MGLA c 55, s 3 to examine these filings for accuracy and compliance with law, and to investigate violations.  This series contains Campaign finance reports (CPF 102) and correspondence relating to filing or failure to file.
Arrangement: Arranged in chronologically progressive sequences, thereunder by identification number
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Scope and Content: The director of campaign and political finance administers through this office the laws of the Commonwealth regulating political campaigns.  Before it may receive or expend monies, a political committee for county or statewide office must file a statement of organization with the director, including a statement of acceptance signed by the committee’s treasurer, who thereby qualifies for the office (MGLA c 55, s 2).
Arrangement: In three subseries: (1) –(2) political action committees, 1982-1995; (3) Wards, towns, cities, 1984-1999; Arranged alphabetically by candidate name; (boxes 1-3) –arranged numerically (box 4) –arranged alphabetically by locality: Democratic (boxes 5-6), Republican (boxes 7-8)
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