Mandatory Treasurer Training

North Carolina law requires that every treasurer of a North Carolina political committee receive treasurer training from the State Board of Elections within three months of appointment and again every four years. Individuals may obtain the training by attendance at classes offered by the State Board of Elections^[1] or by completion of reading materials that are available via email or regular mail.  (www.ncsbe.gov/ncsbe/Campaign-Finance/training).

Treasurers who do not complete the mandatory training requirement in a timely manner are not eligible to sign required disclosure reports.  As noted above, there is a three month period between the time a person has been named to be treasurer and the deadline by which he or she must have obtained the training.  During that three month period, the named treasurer may sign the disclosure reports, though she or he has not yet had training.  However, in no case should a treasurer sign an untrue statement.  Those persons serving as treasurers who, within that ninety day window, must sign the report without having had the training should strike through the language "and that I have been trained by the State Board," initial the line, and then sign on the space provided.  

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When the three month period has passed without the named treasurer having received the training, he or she has lost eligibility to sign disclosure reports.  With the exception of those persons falling within that three month window, only candidates, treasurers, or assistant treasurers who have been trained are eligible to sign disclosure reports. 

A complete listing of training session dates may be found at this link at the Campaign Finance section of our web site, www.ncsbe.gov.  Please call our office at 919-733-7173 to sign up for a treasurer training session or send an email to campaign.reporting@ncsbe.gov that includes your name, the name of the committee you will be working with, and your preference for date and time.