Additionally, the corporation will not violate the Act in the following circumstances. Remember, once communication goes beyond the restricted class, these relaxed rules no longer apply. PACs can be corporate sponsored or completely separate from the corporation. Keep in mind that if the PAC is corporate sponsored, it is subject to the general limitations outlined in the Act. Specifically, the corporate sponsored PAC cannot commingle funds with the corporate treasury and it must limit its partisan communication to members of the restricted class.
Nothing precludes employees from volunteering their services to political campaign committees.
However, as with general corporate contributions, strict rules apply. The FEC's view is that from paper clips to photocopies, if volunteer fundraising efforts cost the company, then the employee or campaign committee must pay it back. Thus, partnerships and other non-corporate entities are not governed by the same restrictions that limit companies. The original Federal Election Campaign Act was motivated, in part, by the belief that corporate officials had no moral right to use corporate funds for contributions to political parties without the consent of stockholders. Stockholders are not a concern in non-corporate settings.