IowIt is our opinion that so long as the brochures were not created using public funds or were distributed by public employees or officials on paid "time", the
Iowa Code s 56.41 is now 68A.302; see also Iowa Admin Code r 351-4.25(1)(i). The Board is of the opinion that subsection "d" prohibits the use of campaign funds
Iowa Code s 56.12AThus, so long as your communications do not contain terms of "express advocacy" as defined in Iowa Code section 56.2(14)"b" and rule 351 IAC 4
*rule 4.46. A candidate's committee may use a corporation's computer for purposes of preparing and filing a campaign disclosure report without being required to
The Board is of the opinion that the statute and rule prohibit the use of e-mail sent from a computer belonging to a corporation, financial institution, or insu
the brochure may be produced and distributed, and biographical information may be posted on the judicial branch Web site, without violating the prohibition on t
So long as the document is not modified to become “political advertising,” then the nomination petition is not “published material” and would not require an att
so long as all of the following factors are met, it would be permissible for a candidate to use the candidate’s campaign funds for a mailing that advocated both
We believe that a “campaign function” must reflect meetings where “express advocacy” activities occur. Thus to be a “campaign function,” the event would includ
An entity that exceeds $750 in Iowa by “expressly advocating” the “nomination, election, or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for public office or the pa
