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Independent Expenditures and Electioneering Communications Chart

Entity Making an Independent Expenditure or Electioneering Communication	Required to Register	Required to Report	Who Can Contribute	Contribution Limits	Disclaimer Required	Identifier Required
Individual	No	No	No one	N/A	Yes	Yes
Non-Affiliated Limited Committee	Yes	Yes	Individuals; other limited committees	$5,000 per calendar year	Yes	Yes
Affiliated Limited Committee	Yes	Yes	Solicitable class; other limited committees	$5,000 per calendar year	Yes	Yes
Other entities (for-profit corporations, non-profit corporations, professional corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, sole proprietorships)	No	Yes	Anyone	None	Yes	Yes
Political Party Committees	Yes	Yes	Individuals; limited committees	$10,000 per calendar year*	Yes	Yes

* Limited committees registered less than a year prior to the primary election or that have fewer than 25 contributors may make a maximum contribution of $5,000.

Candidates may not make independent expenditures. Candidates may make an electioneering communication only in the candidate’s own campaign.

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PAC OR PARTY COMMITTEE REPORTING FOR INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES AND ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS ONLY

In addition to the quarterly reporting, the next business day reports will be triggered when making Independent Expenditures [IE’s] or Electioneering Communications [EC’s] of $5,000 or more in the aggregate, PAC or Party Committees will file these reports online in the Guardian.

ISSUE ADVOCACY

Any entity may engage in issue advocacy. Issue advocacy is not subject to registration or reporting requirements under the Ethics Rules.

However, what otherwise may be issue advocacy becomes an electioneering communication if (1) it refers to a clearly identified candidate for state office, (2) it is made within 60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary election, (3) is targeted to the relevant electorate and (4) does not explicitly advocate the election or defeat of any candidate. “Relevant electorate” means 25,000 or more persons in the State of Oklahoma in the case of a candidate for statewide office, 2,500 or more persons in the district the candidate seeks to represent in the case of a candidate for the Oklahoma State House of Representatives or judge of the District Court and 5,000 or more persons in the district the candidate seeks to represent in the case of all other elective offices.