MUR #2776

Advertising/Solicitation

• Advocating election or defeat (of a candidate)

• Authorization/nonauthorization notice

• By political committees

• Disclaimers

• Media

  • newspapers

Definitions

• Clearly identified candidate

• Express advocacy

• Independent expenditure

• Political committee

enforcement

• Civil Penalty

• Conciliation Agreement

Expenditures

• Threshold for political committee status

Express Advocacy

Independent Expenditures

• Notice of non-authorization required

• Unauthorized committee

Political Committee

• Threshold for triggering political committee sta- tus

Reports/Reporting

• Expenditures

  • aggregation

• Independent expenditures

• Registration/Statement of Organization

  • untimely registration/amendment

• Report

  • untimely reporting