Texas 22nd District special election reporting

The Special General Election to fill the U.S. House seat in the 22nd Congressional District vacated by Rep. Tom DeLay will be held on November 7, 2006. There are two possible special elections to fill this seat, but only one may be necessary. Under Texas law, if no candidate wins a majority of votes in the Special General Election, the top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, will participate in a Special Runoff Election on a date to be set by the Governor after November 7. If a Special Runoff Election is held, the Commission will notify committees of the reporting dates for that election and the committees involved in both elections will be required to file Pre-General, Pre- Runoff, and Post-Runoff reports. Note that 48-hour notices are required of authorized committees that receive contributions of $1,000 or more for the Special General Election between October 19 and November 4. Political committees must file 24-hour notices of independent expenditures that aggregate at or above $1,000 between October 19 and November 5. This requirement is in addition to that of filing 48-hour notices of independent expenditures that aggregate $10,000 or more at other times during a calendar year. Additionally, the 60-day electioneering communications time period for the Special General Election runs from September 8 through November 7.(1)