Candidate Instructional Guide November 2024

Table of Contents

Manner of Payment Form ................................................................................. 31 Indigence ................................................................................................. 32 Word Count ........................................................................................................ 32 Statement Content.............................................................................................. 33 Format ..................................................................................................... 34 Withdrawal of Statement .................................................................................... 34 Confidentiality ..................................................................................................... 34 Candidate Statement Information Sheet............................................................. 35 Sample Candidate Statement Form ................................................................... 36 Sample Waiver of Candidate Statement Deposit Form ...................................... 37 Sample Statement of Financial Worth ................................................................ 38 Code of Fair Campaign Practices ................................................................................. 40 Applicability of Provision 5 and 9 of the Code .................................................... 40 Sample Code of Fair Campaign Practices.......................................................... 42 Campaign Reporting Requirements .............................................................................. 43 Getting Started ................................................................................................... 43 Establishing a Bank Account.................................................................... 44 Campaign Disclosure Reporting Forms .............................................................. 44 Electronic Filing of Campaign Statements ............................................... 44 Candidate Intention Statement (Form 501).............................................. 44 Candidate Campaign Statement Short Form (Form 470) ........................ 45 Statement of Organization (Form 410) .................................................... 45 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement (Form 460) .......................... 46 24-Hour Contribution Report (Form 497) ................................................. 46 Campaign Disclosure Reporting Deadlines ............................................. 47 Defeated Candidates/Outgoing Officeholders .................................................... 47 Surplus Funds.......................................................................................... 47 Terminating a Recipient Committee......................................................... 47 Missing Contributor Information .......................................................................... 48 November Election Period .................................................................................. 48 Election Activities in General ......................................................................................... 49 Campaign Sign Regulations ............................................................................... 49 City of Morgan Hill ................................................................................... 49 Public Areas .................................................................................. 49 Permission of Property Owner ...................................................... 50 Temporary Signs........................................................................... 50 Enforcement.................................................................................. 50 Political Advertising ............................................................................................ 51 Mass Mailings .......................................................................................... 51 False or Misleading Information.......................................................................... 52 Ballot Designation (EC 13107) ........................................................................... 52 Implied Status (EC 18350)....................................................................... 52 Candidate Statement (EC 18351)............................................................ 52 Simulated Ballot (EC 0009)...................................................................... 52 Identification of Voter Precinct (EC 18302) .............................................. 52

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