Ex 11.4 - A committee is primarily formed to support a mayoral candidate. The committee must act totally independent of the mayoral candidate’s campaign. Seven days before the election, the committee paid $5,000 for an advertisement in a local newspaper urging voters to support the candidate. The primarily formed committee must file the Form 496. Filing Deadlines for Independent Expenditure Forms This chart summarizes the deadlines and filing locations for each of the independent expenditure forms. Each of the forms is discussed in detail below. Deadline Form Filing Location Within 24 hours 496 Filing officer where elec- tion is held 10 days after first independent expenditure 462 FPPC Ex 11.5 - Ten days before an election, a committee spent $1,700 on a mailing that equally advocated support of two candidates. The mailing was done completely independent of the candidates. Since the value to each candidate was only $850 (less than $1,000), the committee is not required to file the Form 496 for either candidate. Three days before the election, the committee independently spent $400 for lawn signs advocating support of one of the candidates included in the earlier mailing. Because the total spent on behalf of this candidate is now $1,000 or more in the 90 days before the election including the date of the election, the committee must file the Form 496 in connection with this candidate.
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