During the 21 days before the general election, no candidate for statewide office may accept aggregate contributions of more than $75,000 from any contributor eligible to give that amount. Similarly, candidates for other offices and political committees may not accept contributions totaling more than $7,500 from any eligible contributor during this three-week period. These limitations do not apply to contributions accepted from the state committee of either a major political party or a minor party.

Employers or labor organizations may not increase the compensation offered an officer or employee with the intention that such compensation would be used for political purposes. Likewise no employer or labor organization may discriminate against an officer or employee for failure to support or oppose a candidate, ballot proposition, political party, or political committee.

Sponsor identification requirements for political advertising are determined by who the sponsor is and what kind of ad is running. We will take you through those requirements.

Determining who is the sponsor

The sponsor of a political ad — the committee or other person paying for the ad — usually must be identified. If a person acts as an agent for someone else or is reimbursed for the funds actually used to pay for the ad, the original source of the payment (or the person doing the reimbursing) is the sponsor.