163-278.10. Procedure for inactive candidate or committee. If no contribution is received or expenditure made by or on behalf of a candidate, political committee, or referendum committee during a period described in G.S. 163-278.9, the treasurer shall file with the Board, at the time required by G.S. 163-278.9, a statement to that effect and it […]
163-278.10A. Threshold of $1,000 for financial reports for certain candidates. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, a candidate for a county office, municipal office, local school board office, soil and water conservation district board of supervisors, or sanitary district board shall be exempted from the reports of contributions, loans, and expenditures required in […]
163-278.11. Contents of treasurer’s statement of receipts and expenditures. (a) Statements filed pursuant to provisions of this Article shall set forth the following: (1) Contributions. – Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a list of all contributions received by or on behalf of a candidate, political committee, or referendum committee. The statement […]
163-278.12. Special reporting of contributions and independent expenditures. (a) Subject to G.S. 163-278.39 and G.S. 163-278.14, individuals and other entities not otherwise prohibited from doing so may make independent expenditures. In the event an individual, person, or other entity making independent expenditures but not otherwise required to report them makes independent expenditures in excess of […]
163-278.12C. Special reporting of electioneering communications. (a) Every individual or person that incurs an expense for the direct costs of producing or airing electioneering communications aggregating in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) shall file the following reports with the appropriate board of elections in the manner prescribed by the State Board of Elections: (1) […]
163-278.13. Limitation on contributions. (a) No individual, political committee, or other entity shall contribute to any candidate or other political committee any money or make any other contribution in any election in excess of five thousand six hundred dollars ($5,600) for that election. (b) Effective for each odd-numbered calendar year beginning in 2015, the dollar […]
163-278.13B. Limitation on fund-raising during legislative session. (a) Definitions. – For purposes of this section: (1) "Limited contributor" means a lobbyist registered under Chapter 120C of the General Statutes, that lobbyist’s agent, that lobbyist’s principal as defined in G.S. 120C-100(21) or a political committee that employs or contracts with or whose parent entity employs or […]
163-278.13C. Campaign contributions prohibition. (a) No lobbyist may make a contribution as defined in G.S. 163-278.6 to a candidate or candidate campaign committee as defined in G.S. 163-278.38Z when that candidate meets any of the following criteria: (1) Is a legislator as defined in G.S. 120C-100. (2) Is a public servant as defined in G.S. […]
163-278.14. No contributions in names of others; no anonymous contributions; contributions in excess of fifty dollars; no contribution without specific designation of contributor. (a) No individual, political committee, or other entity shall make any contribution anonymously or in the name of another. No candidate, political committee, referendum committee, political party, affiliated party committee, or treasurer […]
163-278.14A. Evidence that communications are "to support or oppose the nomination or election of one or more clearly identified candidates." (a) The following shall be means of proving that an individual or other entity acted "to support or oppose the nomination or election of one or more clearly identified candidates": presenting evidence of financial sponsorship […]
163-278.15. No acceptance of contributions made by corporations, foreign and domestic, or other prohibited sources. (a) No candidate, political committee, political party, affiliated party committee, or treasurer shall accept any contribution made by any corporation, foreign or domestic, regardless of whether such corporation does business in the State of North Carolina, or made by any […]
163-278.16. Regulations regarding timing of contributions and expenditures. Except as provided in G.S. 163-278.6(74) and G.S. 163-278.12, no contribution may be received or expenditure made by or on behalf of a candidate, political committee, or referendum committee: (1) Until the candidate, political committee, or referendum committee appoints a treasurer and certifies the name and address […]
163-278.16A. Restriction on use of State funds by declared candidate for Council of State for advertising or public service announcements using their names, pictures, or voices. After December 31 prior to a general election in which a Council of State office will be on the ballot, no declared candidate for that Council of State office […]
163-278.16B. Use of contributions for certain purposes. (a) A candidate or candidate campaign committee may use contributions only for the following purposes: (1) Expenditures resulting from the campaign for public office by the candidate or candidate’s campaign committee. (2) Expenditures resulting from holding public office. (3) Donations to an organization described in section 170(c) of […]
163-278.17. Statements of media outlets regarding political advertising. (a) Each media outlet shall require written authority for each expenditure from each candidate, treasurer or individual making or authorizing an expenditure. A candidate may authorize advertisement paid for by a treasurer appointed by the candidate. All written authorizations of expenditures signed by a candidate, treasurer or […]
163-278.18. Normal commercial charges for political advertising. (a) No media and no supplier of materials or services shall charge or require a candidate, treasurer, political party, affiliated party committee, or individual to pay a charge for advertising, materials, space, or services purchased for or in support of or in opposition to any candidate, political committee, […]
163-278.19. Violations by corporations, business entities, labor unions, professional associations and insurance companies. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), and (i) of this section it shall be unlawful for any corporation, business entity, labor union, professional association or insurance company directly or indirectly do any of the following: (1) To […]
163-278.19A. Contributions allowed. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, it is lawful for any person as defined in G.S. 163-278.6(72) to contribute to a referendum committee. (1979, c. 1073, s. 7; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
163-278.19B. Political party headquarters building funds. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 163-278.19, a person prohibited by that section from making a contribution may donate to political parties and affiliated party committees and political parties and affiliated party committees may accept from such a person money and other things of value donated to a political party […]
163-278.21. Promulgation of policy and administration through State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall have responsibility, adequate staff, equipment and facilities, for promulgating all regulations necessary for the enforcement and administration of this Article and to prevent the circumvention of the provisions of this Article. The State Board of Elections shall empower […]
