Title: Amends Campaign Finance Laws to Authorize Spending Related to Child Care Costs
Signed by Governor John Carney, Jr.
Title: Amends Campaign Finance Laws to Authorize Spending Related to Child Care Costs
Title: Amends Campaign Finance Laws to Authorize Spending Related to Child Care Costs
Vote to pass a bill that amends campaign finance laws to authorize spending for child care costs.
Establishes that no political committee may make any expenditure except for the following purposes (Sec. 1):
Wages of full-time or part-time campaign staff (but no salary or wage for a candidate or a candidate’s spouse);
Travel expenses of the candidate and campaign staff;
Payment of fees or charges for placing the name of the candidate on the ballot, and for collecting the returns of the election;
Costs of telephone and other communication services;
Costs of postage and other delivery services;
Printing and stationery;
Food, refreshments and related supplies;
Purchases and preparation of lists of voters;
Taking polls and making canvasses of voters;
Payment for election watchers;
Rental of office and rental and purchase of equipment;
Advertising and publicity; and
In the case of a candidate committee, purchase of tickets to permit the candidate’s attendance at civic or political events; and in the case of a political action committee, contributions within authorized limits, to any other political committee.
Specifies that reasonable and necessary expenses for the care of the candidate’s child or children incurred in connection with the candidate’s campaign activities (Sec. 1).
Title: Amends Campaign Finance Laws to Authorize Spending Related to Child Care Costs