an election or to support or oppose a candidate or public official, for the major purpose to support or oppose the nomination or election of a candidate to elective office, which receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle. ‘Noncandidate committee’ does not include political action committees that contribute solely to federal campaigns.” SECTION 38. Section 8131300(31) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: the outcome of an elective office’ means: “(31) ‘Influence (a) expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate using words including or substantially similar to for’, your ballot for’, for Governor’, ‘vote ‘elect’, ‘cast ‘Smith against’, or or ‘vote ‘defeat’, ‘reject’; (b) communicating campaign slogans or individual words that, taken in context, have no other reasonable meaning other than to urge the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate including or substantially similar to slogans or words such as Smith’s the One’, 2000’, , ‘Smith”s ‘Jones ‘Smith/Jones’ ‘Jones!’, or man for the People!’; or ‘SmithA (c) any communication made, not more than fortyfive days before an election, which promotes or supports a candidate or attacks or opposes a candidate, regardless of whether the communication expressly advocates a vote for or against a candidate. For purposes of this paragraph, “communication” means (i) any paid advertisement or purchased program time broadcast over television or radio; (ii) any paid message conveyed through telephone banks, direct mail, or electronic mail; or (iii) any paid advertisement that costs more than five thousand dollars that is conveyed through a communication medium other than those set forth in subsections (i) or (ii) of this paragraph. does not include news, commentary, or editorial “Communication” programming or article, or communication to an organization’s own members.” SECTION 39. Section 8131300(32) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: measure committee’ means: “(32) ‘Ballot (a) an association, club, an organization, or a group of persons which, to influence the outcome of a ballot measure,
an election or to support or oppose a candidate or public official, for the major purpose to support or oppose the nomination or election of a candidate to elective office, which receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of five hundred dollars in the aggregate during an election cycle. ‘Noncandidate committee’ does not include political action committees that contribute solely to federal campaigns.” SECTION 38. Section 8131300(31) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “(31) ‘Influence the outcome of an elective office’ means: (a) expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate using words including or substantially similar to ‘vote for’, ‘elect’, ‘cast your ballot for’, ‘Smith for Governor’, ‘vote against’, ‘defeat’, or ‘reject’; or (b) communicating campaign slogans or individual words that, taken in context, have no other reasonable meaning other than to urge the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate including or substantially similar to slogans or words such as ‘Smith”s Smith’s the One’, ‘Jones 2000’, ‘Smith/Jones’ , ‘Jones!’, or ‘SmithA man for the People!’; or (c) any communication made, not more than fortyfive days before an election, which promotes or supports a candidate or attacks or opposes a candidate, regardless of whether the communication expressly advocates a vote for or against a candidate. For purposes of this paragraph, “communication” means (i) any paid advertisement or purchased program time broadcast over television or radio; (ii) any paid message conveyed through telephone banks, direct mail, or electronic mail; or (iii) any paid advertisement that costs more than five thousand dollars that is conveyed through a communication medium other than those set forth in subsections (i) or (ii) of this paragraph. “Communication” does not include news, commentary, or editorial programming or article, or communication to an organization’s own members.” SECTION 39. Section 8131300(32) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “(32) ‘Ballot measure committee’ means: (a) an association, club, an organization, or a group of persons which, to influence the outcome of a ballot measure,
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