CHART B: ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEMS (as of March 1996)
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State/City	Mandatory/ Voluntary	Status	Agency's electronic filing system developed by:	Agency provides filing software?	Agency accepts reports prepared with commercial software?	Report format accepted by agency
ARIZONA	Voluntary	In operation - as of early 1996	Agency staff with outside consultant	Yes - 50$	No	Require disk + paper report
FLORIDA	Mandatory - All candidates	In operation - voluntary for Governor's race in 1994; mandatory for all candidates starting in 1996	Agency staff	No	Yes - must meet agency standards	Require disk + summary page
HAWAII	Mandatory - Governor, Lt. Gov., Mayor, Prosecuting Attorney	In operation - starting in 1996	Outside vendor	Yes - free to filers	Yes - must meet agency standards	Require disk + paper report
IOWA	Voluntary	Pending - start up expected in 1996	Iowa State University	Yes - free to filers	Yes - must meet agency standards	Will be by disk or modem; no paper report required
KENTUCKY	Mandatory - Governor, Lt. Governor	Pending - in software design stage	Agency staff	yes	Decision pending	Decision pending
MICHIGAN	Voluntary	Pending - start up expected in 1996	Outside vendor	Yes - free to filers	Yes - must meet agency standards	Will require disk + paper report
MISSOURI	Mandatory - All candidates, by 1996	Pending - Agency seeking clarification of law before proceeding	.	.	.	.
NEW MEXICO	Voluntary	In operation - since 1994	Agency staff	Yes - free to filers	no	By modem or disk + signature page
NEW YORK CITY	Quasi- mandatory - All candidates who file paper reports by computer must also file disk with agency	In operation - since 1993	Agency staff with outside consultant	Yes - free to filer	Yes - must meet agency standards	Require disk + paper report
NORTH CAROLINA	Voluntary	In operation - starting in 1996	Outside vendor will design agency's auditing software	Not at this time	Yes - must meet agency standards	Require disk + paper report
OHIO	Voluntary	Pending - new software being designed to meet recent changes in law	Agency staff	yes - will be free or at nominal cost	Yes - must meet agency standards	Require disk + signature page
OKLAHOMA	Voluntary	Pending - start up expected in 1996	Outside vendor	yes - free to filers	Yes - must meet agency standards	Will require disk + paper report