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LR 156
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Sec. 1. Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to adopt rules.
Resolved: That the Commission on Governmental Ethics and
Election Practices shall adopt rules requiring a candidate or
a political action committee, or any other entity required to
file with the commission regarding an expenditure, that makes
an automated telephone call or causes an automated telephone
call to be made or distributes a mass mailing or causes a mass
mailing to be distributed in the 2 weeks before an election to
provide a transcript of the telephone call or copy of the
mailing to the commission before the automated telephone call
is made or the mass mailing is distributed. The commission
shall make this transcript of the telephone call or copy of
the mailing available for public inspection. Rules adopted
pursuant to this resolve are routine technical rules as
defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375,
subchapter 2-A.

 
SUMMARY

 
This resolve requires the Commission on Governmental Ethics
and Election Practices to adopt rules requiring a candidate or
political action committee, or any other entity required to
file with the commission regarding an expenditure, that makes
an automated telephone call or distributes a mass mailing in
the 2 weeks before an election to provide a transcript of the
telephone call or copy of the mailing to the commission before
the automated telephone call is made or the mass mailing is
distributed. The commission shall make this transcript of the
telephone call or copy of the mailing available for public
inspection.


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