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Arizona Secretary of State: 2025–2026 PAC Campaign Finance Guide
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Arizona Secretary of State guide for political action committees for the 2025–2026 election cycle. Release date February 10, 2026.
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Explains the two-part PAC test and states the 2025–2026 adjusted threshold is $1,500. It describes the financial test as exceeding the threshold.
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- VerifiedArizona requires an entity to register as a political action committee when its predominant purpose is influencing the result of an election and its qualifying election-related contributions and expenditures exceed the applicable registration threshold.
Arizona’s PAC test has a purpose element and a separate financial threshold element.
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