| D.__The content of the communication is limited to: |
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| (1)__The identification of each candidate, with which | pictures may be used; |
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| (3)__The offices currently held by the candidates; |
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| (4)__The party affiliation of the candidates and a | brief statement about the party or the candidates' | positions, philosophy, goals, accomplishments or | biographies; |
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| (5)__Encouragement to vote for the candidates | identified; and |
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| (6)__Information about voting, such as voting hours and | locations. |
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| If the communication contains language outside the | categories of this paragraph, it does not qualify as a party | candidate listing. |
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| | Sec. 10. 21-A MRSA §1014, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 839, §8, | is further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Authorized by candidate. Whenever a person makes an | expenditure to finance a communication expressly advocating the | election or defeat of that names a clearly identified candidate | through broadcasting stations, newspapers, magazines, outdoor | advertising facilities, publicly accessible sites on the | Internet, direct mails or other similar types of general public | political advertising or through flyers, handbills, bumper | stickers and other nonperiodical publications, the communication, | if authorized by a candidate, a candidate's authorized political | committee or their agents, must clearly and conspicuously state | that the communication has been so authorized and must clearly | state the name and address of the person who made or financed the | expenditure for the communication. The following forms of | political communication do not require the name and address of | the person who made or authorized the expenditure for the | communication because the name or address would be so small as to | be illegible or infeasible: ashtrays, badges and badge holders, | balloons, campaign buttons, clothing, coasters, combs, emery | boards, envelopes, erasers, glasses, key rings, letter openers, | matchbooks, nail files, noisemakers, paper and plastic cups, | pencils, pens, plastic tableware, 12-inch or shorter rulers, | swizzle sticks, tickets to fund-raisers and similar items |
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