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certified as a Maine Clean Election Act candidate under | | section 1125, subsection 5 to be any expenditure made to | | design, produce or disseminate a communication that names or | | depicts a clearly identified candidate and is disseminated | | during the 21 days, including election day, before a primary | | election; the 21 days, including election day, before a | | general election; or during a special election until and on | | election day. |
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| | | 2.__Rebutting presumption.__A person presumed under this | | section to have made an independent expenditure may rebut the | | presumption by filing a signed written statement with the | | commission within 48 hours of making the expenditure stating that | | the cost was not incurred with the intent to influence the | | nomination, election or defeat of a candidate, supported by any | | additional evidence the person chooses to submit.__The commission | | may gather any additional evidence it deems relevant and material | | and must determine by a preponderance of the evidence whether the | | cost was incurred with intent to influence the nomination, | | election or defeat of a candidate. |
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| | | 3.__Report required; content; rules.__A person, party | | committee, political committee or political action committee that |
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| | | makes independent expenditures aggregating in excess of $100 | | during any one candidate's election shall file a report with the | | commission.__In the case of a municipal election, a copy of the | | same information must be filed with the municipal clerk. |
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| | | A.__A report required by this subsection must be filed with | | the commission according to a reporting schedule that the | | commission shall establish by rule that takes into | | consideration existing campaign finance reporting | | requirements and matching fund provisions under chapter 14.__ | | Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are routine | | technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, | | subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | B.__A report required by this subsection must contain an | | itemized account of each contribution or expenditure | | aggregating in excess of $100 in any one candidate's | | election, the date and purpose of each contribution or | | expenditure and the name of each payee or creditor.__The | | report must state whether the contribution or expenditure is | | in support of or in opposition to the candidate and must | | include, under penalty of perjury, as provided in Title 17- | | A, section 451, a statement under oath or affirmation | | whether the contribution or expenditure is made in | | cooperation, consultation or concert with, or at the request |
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| | | or suggestion of, the candidate or an authorized committee | | or agent of the candidate. |
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