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expenditures made by each candidate during all contested
general election races for the immediately preceding 2
general elections, as reported in the initial filing period
subsequent to the general election for, the respective
offices of Governor, State Senate and State House of
Representatives.

 
D. For uncontested legislative general elections, the
amount of revenues to be distributed from the fund is 40%
of the amount distributed to a participating candidate in
a contested general election.

 
E.__For gubernatorial primary elections, the amount of
revenues distributed is the average amount of campaign
expenditures made by each gubernatorial candidate
receiving more than 5% of the vote during all
gubernatorial primary election races for the immediately
preceding 4 primary elections, as reported in the initial
filing period subsequent to the primary election.

 
F.__For gubernatorial general elections, the amount of
revenues distributed is the average amount of campaign
expenditures made by all gubernatorial candidates
receiving more than 5% of the vote during all contested
general election races for the immediately preceding 4
general elections, as reported in the initial filing
period subsequent to the general election.

 
If the immediately preceding two election cycles do not
contain sufficient electoral data, the commission shall use
information from the most recent applicable elections. For
only the initial computations under subsections A to C that
are conducted by July 1, 1999, the commission shall reduce the
amounts to be distributed by 25%.

 
Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §1125, sub-§9, as enacted by IB 1995, c. 1, §17,
is amended to read:

 
9. Matching funds. When any campaign, finance or election
report shows that the sum of a candidate's expenditures or
obligations, or funds raised or borrowed, whichever is
greater, alone or in conjunction with independent expenditures
reported under section 1019, exceeds the distribution amount
under subsection 8, the commission shall issue immediately to
any opposing Maine Clean Election Act candidate an additional
amount equivalent to the reported excess. Matching funds are
limited to 2 times the amount originally distributed under
subsection 8, paragraph A or, C, E or F, whichever is
applicable.


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