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How to read your local election calendar, which compliance deadlines to track, what to do in your first 30 days, and how to close out after the election.
- How to read your local election calendarEvery local race runs on a set of fixed dates that don't move for anyone. Here's how to find yours, what each one means, and how to turn them into a plan you can actually follow.
- Compliance deadlines every local candidate should trackElection Day is the date everyone remembers. The ones that trip up first-time candidates are the paperwork deadlines around it. Here's what they usually are and how to keep them straight.
- Your first 30 days after filingYou filed. Your name is on the list. The next month sets the tone for the whole campaign, so here's a week-by-week plan to get the basics right before things get busy.
- After Election Day: closing out your campaignWin or lose, the campaign isn't finished when the polls close. Here's how to wrap up the money, the reports and the records so nothing follows you into the next year.