MUR #2801

Advertising/Solicitation

• Advocating election or defeat (of a candidate)

• Authorization/nonauthorization notice

• By political committees

• Disclaimers

• Media

  • newspapers

Allocation

• Of expenditures among candidates/campaigns

Contributions

• Acceptance

  • by Federal committee/account

  • of prohibited contribution

• Exempted contributions

  • campaign materials

• Expenditures, when not independent, considered contribution

• Threshold for triggering political committee status

Definitions

• Contribution

• Expenditure

• Independent expenditure

• Political committee

Expenditures

• Exempted expenditures

  • campaign materials

Independent Expenditures

• Attribution of among candidates

• Authorized committee

  • no coordination

National/State/Local Party Committee

• Contribution/expenditure exemptions

• Contributions/limitations

  • by State subordinate committees

Political Committee

• Threshold for triggering political committee sta- tus

Reports/Reporting

• Independent expenditures

• Report

  • failure to report