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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 3. ELECTIONS AND ETHICS |
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Chapter 3-30. CAMPAIGN FINANCE OPERATIONS: COMMITTEES, CANDIDATES, CONSTITUENT SERVICE PROGRAMS, STATEHOOD FUNDS |
Section 3-3018. IDENTIFICATION OF CAMPAIGN LITERATURE
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3018.1All newspaper or magazine advertising, mass mailings, posters, circulars, billboards, handbills, bumper stickers, sample ballots, initiative, referendum, or recall petitions, and other printed matter with reference to or intended for the support or defeat of a candidate (including candidates for the office of Advisory Neighborhood Commission Member), or a group of candidates for nomination or election to any public office, or the support or defeat of any initiative, referendum or recall measure, shall be identified by the words: “PAID FOR BY”, followed by:
(a) The name and address of the payer, the committee, or other person; and
(b) The name of its treasurer on whose behalf the material appears.
3018.2Each advertisement transmitted electronically by satellite, radio, cable, internet, or mobile communication, telephone bank-robo calls, or any other forms of electronic advertisement shall be subject to the requirements of this section.
3018.3Each committee and candidate shall include the following notice on the face or front page of all literature and advertisement soliciting funds: “A copy or our report is filed with the Director of Campaign Finance of the District of Columbia Board of Elections”.
3018.4Any advertisement supporting or opposing a candidate, initiative, referendum, or recall that is disseminated to the public by a committee, political action committee, or independent expenditure committee or any other person shall disclose, in the advertisement, the identity of the advertisement’s sponsor.
3018.5The notice required by § 3018.1 need not be included on items the size of which makes the inclusion of such notice impractical. Such items include, but are not limited to:
(a) Pens, pencils, and erasers;
(b) Buttons;
(c) Balloons;
(d) Hats;
(e) Noise makers;
(f) Key rings;
(g) Magnets;
(h) Business cards; and
(i) Name tags.