Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
Disclosure of Political Communications / "Campaign
Materials".
(a) All political
committees required to file primary, general and/or special election reports,
must at the same time the applicable post-election campaign financial
disclosure report is due and made, submit copies of all the filer's political
communications, also known as campaign materials, purchased in connection with
such election by or under the authority of the person filing the statement of
the committee of the person on whose behalf it is filed, as the case may be.
Copies shall include:
(1) a copy of all
broadcast, cable or satellite schedules and scripts;
(2) internet, print and other types of
advertisements, pamphlets, circulars, flyers, brochures, letterheads and other
printed matter purchased or produced;
(3) reproductions of statements or
information published to 500 or more members of a general public
audience;
(4) by computer or other
electronic device including but not limited to electronic mail or text message;
and
(5) any paid internet or
digital advertisement unless such advertisement had previously been provided to
the State Board pursuant to this section. Such copies, schedules and scripts
shall be preserved by the officer with whom or the board with which it is
required to be filed for a period of one year from the date of filing thereof.
(EL 14-106)
(b)
Independent expenditure committees must file at the same time as any required
financial statement disclosures, including any weekly or 24 hour disclosures, a
copy of all political communications paid for by the independent expenditure
committee, including but not limited to:
(1)
broadcast, cable or satellite schedules and scripts, advertisements, pamphlets,
circulars, flyers, brochures, letterheads and other printed matter;
(2) any paid internet or digital
advertisement targeted to a general public audience of 50 or more persons;
and
(3) any statements or
information conveyed to 1,000 or more members of a general public audience by
computer or other electronic devices. Such copies, schedules and scripts shall
be preserved by the officer with whom or the board with which it is required to
be filed for a period of one year from the date of filing thereof. Any
political communication filed by an independent expenditure committee with a
Weekly or 24 hour disclosure statement shall not be required to be again filed
with the post election report, and such previously filed political
communication shall be deemed filed therewith.
(c) Copies of any paid internet or digital
advertisement, as required by paragraph b of this section, shall be submitted
by the Independent Expenditure Committee to the State Board of Elections via an
electronic format specified by the board of elections that is accessible and
can be read by a screen reader. For the purposes of this section, copies of any
paid internet or digital advertisement shall include:
(1) scripts for any paid internet or digital
advertisement with an audio and/or video component which shall include a
reasonable description of any visual elements;
(2) screenshots of any paid or digital
advertisement without an audio and/or video component;
(3) for paid internet or digital
advertisements without a video component that are dynamic, such as
advertisements with animation, or interactive advertisements that change when a
viewer views or interacts with the advertisement, each image in the
advertisement.
