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District of Columbia Code Division I. Government of District. § 1-1163.15. Identification of political advertising.

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a)(1) A candidate, political committee, or political action committee shall identify its political advertising by the words “paid for by”, followed by the name and address of the candidate or committee and the name of the committee's treasurer, as applicable.

(2) An independent expenditure committee or person making an independent expenditure shall identify its political advertising by the words “paid for by”, followed by the name and address of the independent expenditure committee and the name of the committee's treasurer, or the name and address of the person making the independent expenditure. The political advertising shall also include a written or oral statement of the words “Top Five Contributors”, followed by a list of the 5 largest contributors over the amount of $5,000, whose contributions were made for the purpose of making an independent expenditure, to the independent expenditure committee or person making the independent expenditure, if applicable, during the 12-month period before the date of the political advertising.

(b) A political committee, political action committee, independent expenditure committee, or person making an independent expenditure shall include a statement on the face or front page, if printed, or an oral statement, if audiovisual, of all political advertising soliciting contributions the following notice: “A copy of our report is filed with the Director of Campaign Finance.”

(c) The identifications required by this section need not be included on items the size of which makes the inclusion of such identifications impractical.

(d) For the purposes of this section, the term “political advertising” includes newspaper and magazine advertising; posters; circulars and mailers; billboards; handbills; bumper stickers; sample ballots; initiative, referendum, or recall petitions; radio or television advertisements; paid telephone calls and text messaging; digital media advertisements; and other printed and digital materials produced by the persons in this subsection and intended to support or oppose:

(1) A candidate or group of candidates; or

(2) Any initiative, referendum, or recall measure.

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