November 3, 2020 Candidate Packet - Flipping Book Version

J. General Rules for Reporting Expenditures Supporting/ Opposing Other Candidates, Measures, and Committees on Schedule D Schedule D provides a summary of payments reported on Schedules E, F, and H that are contributions or independent expenditures to support or oppose other candidates, measures, and committees. Such payments include: • Monetary contributions or loans to other candidates and committees. • Payments to vendors for goods or services for other candidates and committees (nonmonetary contributions). • Donations to other candidates and committees of goods on hand, or the payment of salary or expenses for a campaign employee who spends more than 10 percent of his or her compensated time in a calendar month on campaign activities for other candidates or committees (nonmonetary contributions). • Payments for communications (e.g., mailings, billboards, radio ads) that expressly advocates support of or opposition to a clearly identified candidate or ballot measure, but the payments are not made to, or at the behest of, the candidate or ballot measure committee (independent expenditures). Candidate Controlled Committees Payments made to support the controlling candidate’s own candidacy, or to oppose the candidate’s opponent(s), are not reported on Schedule D. These payments are direct campaign expenditures and are reported only on Schedule E. If, during a calendar year, an officeholder or candidate uses personal funds to make contributions of $10,000 or more, or independent expenditures of $1,000 or more, to support or oppose other officeholders, candidates, committees, or ballot measures (including a controlled ballot measure committee), the candidate must file a Major Donor and Independent Expenditure Committee Campaign Statement (Form 461). These payments are not reported on Schedule D.

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