ECIElection Campaign-Finance Index

No matching sections in corpus.

Section 664:6, paragraph III explicitly codifies independent-expenditure rules in statute, establishing a $1,000 threshold, a 48-hour filing deadline with subsequent filing every additional $1,000 expended, required disclosure elements (date, payee, candidate, amount, purpose, aggregate), and a certification requirement that expenditures meet the statutory definition in RSA 664:2, XI. The procedural requirements are enumerated exhaustively within the statute itself.

“Any political committee whose independent expenditures, in aggregate, exceed $1,000 shall file an itemized statement with the secretary of state which shall be received by the secretary of state not later than 48 hours after such expenditures are made, and thereafter each time a further $1,000 is expended. Such itemized statements shall cover the period during which independent expenditures totaling $1,000 were made. Each statement shall include a certification by the chairman of the political committee that the independent expenditure meets the definition in RSA 664:2, XI. Each statement shall contain the date of each independent expenditure; the name and address of the person to whom the expenditure was made; the name of the candidate on whose behalf or against whom each independent expenditure was made; the amount of each expenditure; the purpose of each expenditure, and the aggregate amount of all previous independent expenditures.”

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The section explicitly defines in statute the disclosure threshold at $1,000 for political committee filing requirements. It further specifies that contributions of $50 or less need not be itemized with personal information, and contributions exceeding $200 require occupation and employer disclosure. These thresholds are all statutorily grounded rather than delegated to regulatory or administrative discretion.

“Any political committee whose receipts or expenditures exceed $1,000 in an election cycle shall file with the secretary of state an itemized statement, in the form prescribed by the secretary of state, signed by its chairman and treasurer.”

Section 664:3 requires political committees to comply with reporting requirements in RSA 664:6 but does not itself enumerate the filing schedule, deadlines, or frequency. The statute delegates the substance of filing deadlines to another section, leaving this section incomplete for DISC.2 purposes. While the reference creates a statutory pathway to the schedule, DISC.2 requires enumeration within or directly accessible from the disclosure framework—merely referencing another section without repeating deadlines does not satisfy the criterion of enumeration.

“Registrants shall comply with the reporting requirements contained in RSA 664:6.”

The statute explicitly requires disclosure of full name and postal address for all contributors above $50, and additionally requires occupation and employer information for contributions exceeding $200 in the aggregate per election cycle. This satisfies all four identity elements (name, address, occupation, employer) for higher-threshold contributions, meeting the full-identity standard of score 2.

The section requires amendment and online publication but does not define the timeline for publication after a compliant filing is received, nor does it specify the initial filing deadline's relationship to online publication. The statutory reference to an online system exists, but the procedural clarity required by DISC.4—a defined time window for public access—is incomplete.

“shall not be published to the online campaign finance system pursuant to 664:11, until a legible amendment is received”

The statute explicitly codifies a civil penalty schedule ($5,000 per violation) for misrepresenting the origin of campaign calls. However, the section provides only civil penalties, not criminal grades, so it meets the lower threshold of the ordinal scale (1=civil only) but not the higher tier (2=civil + criminal).

“A violation of this section shall result in a civil penalty of $5,000 per violation.”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 664:6 prescribes the filing requirements, deadlines, forms, and disclosure details for political committees but does not address the appointment, composition, independence, or insulation from political control of any enforcement body. The section delegates form-prescription authority to the secretary of state but contains no language establishing or protecting an independent enforcement body structure or multi-branch appointment process.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section addresses voter fraud and wrongful voting penalties, not campaign-finance violations. It establishes enforcement by the attorney general for civil penalties and criminal prosecution, but it does not relate to campaign finance (contributions, expenditures, disclosures, or fundraising). ENF.3 asks whether statute provides a private right of action for campaign-finance violations; this section concerns electoral integrity violations by voters, not campaign-finance rule breaches. The section is therefore outside the scope of campaign-finance law.

The statute includes a categorical prohibition on expenditures by foreign nationals, with definitions anchored to federal law. However, the section addresses prohibited *expenditures* by foreign nationals, not their *contributions* to candidates or campaign committees. The text does not explicitly prohibit foreign nationals from making contributions to campaigns; it only prohibits them from making expenditures. FOR.1 requires a direct foreign contribution prohibition, which is not clearly articulated here—the provision is limited to spending, not receiving money from abroad.

“By any foreign national, as defined in 52 U.S.C. section 30121(b) and 11 C.F.R. section 110.20(a)(3).”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: N.H. Rev. Stat. § 652:16-c addresses voting eligibility for absent uniformed services voters and their dependents. It contains no provisions whatsoever regarding foreign-source contributions, indirect funding channels, foreign nationals, foreign-controlled entities, or campaign finance. This section is entirely outside the scope of campaign-finance regulation.

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No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 654:31 addresses voter checklist availability and access procedures for election administration, not campaign committee record retention. It contains no requirements for campaign committees to retain contributor lists, expenditure documentation, bank statements, or any campaign finance records. The section is focused on public access to voter registration data and restrictions on commercial use thereof, which is distinct from the internal record-keeping obligations that TRACE.1 evaluates.

No matching sections in corpus.