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4. Itemized expenditures. An itemization of each expenditure
made to support or oppose any candidate, campaign, political
committee, political action committee, political party,
referendum or initiated petition, including the date, payee and
purpose of the expenditure and the address of the payee. If
expenditures were made to a person described in section 1012,
subsection 3, paragraph A, subparagraph (4), the report must
contain the name of the person; the amount spent by that person
on behalf of the candidate, campaign, political committee,
political action committee, political party, referendum or
initiated petition, including, but not limited to, expenditures
made during the signature gathering phase; the reason for the
expenditure; and the date of the expenditure. The commission may
specify the categories of expenditures that are to be reported to
enable the commission to closely monitor the activities of
political action committees;

 
Sec. 8. Secretary of State to report on information provided to voters regarding
statewide referendum questions on ballot. By September 1, 2006, the
Secretary of State using existing budgeted resources shall issue
a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans
Affairs that examines voter awareness in other states that mail
voter information pamphlets on statewide referendum questions
directly to voters. The report must include suggestions for
improving the way information is provided to voters regarding
statewide referendum questions in this State.

 
Sec. 9. Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to report regarding
campaign finance reports for direct initiative campaigns and public access to those reports.
By September 1, 2006, the Commission on Governmental Ethics and
Election Practices shall issue a report to the Joint Standing
Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs regarding campaign
finance reports for direct initiative campaigns. The report must
include the commission's examination of the feasibility of
requiring political action committees to identify the direct
initiative campaigns that the political action committees are
receiving or expending money in support of or opposition to,
whether voter information pamphlets or posters published by the
State and publications by political action committees in support
of or opposition to ballot measures should be required to include
information indicating where campaign finance reports about the
measure may be obtained, reducing the spending threshold that
triggers reporting as a political action committee and, in the
months prior to an election, increasing the frequency of reports
by political action committees that have raised or spent in
excess of $40,000 on a ballot measure.


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