New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Chapter 25 - REGULATIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION › Subchapter 11 - CONTRIBUTION LIMITS › Section 19:25-11.5 - Equal attribution requirements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A candidate who
				  has established a candidate committee in an election and is also participating in a
				  joint candidates committee in that election may not receive contributions to those
				  committees from a contributor that in the aggregate exceed the applicable
				  contribution limit set forth in
				  19:25-11.2.
(b) Each contribution received in an election by
				  the joint candidates committee of a candidate who has also established a candidate
				  committee in that election must be equally attributed to each of the candidates
				  participating in the joint candidates committee, and the contribution limits in this
				  subchapter must be applied to those participating candidates and to any candidate
				  committee established by any of the participating candidates.
1. Example: The ABC joint candidates committee,
				  consisting of Candidates A, B, and C, receives a contribution from an individual in
				  the amount of $ 15,600 in an election. For purposes of applying the contribution
				  limits to the participating candidates and their individual candidate committees,
				  the contribution must be equally attributed to each of the three participating
				  candidates so that each is deemed to have received a contribution in the amount of $
				  5,200 in the election from the contributor. The sum of $ 5,200 is the maximum amount
				  an individual can contribute to a candidate in an election. Therefore, no further
				  contributions can be made by the contributor in the election to the ABC joint
				  candidates committee, or to any candidate committee established in the election by
				  candidates A, B, or C.
2. Example: The
				  ABC joint candidates committee receives a contribution of $ 300.00 in an election
				  from a contributor who has contributed $ 5,200 in that election to an individual
				  candidate committee established or maintained by candidate A. The sum of $ 5,200 is
				  the maximum amount an individual can contribute to a candidate committee in an
				  election. Application of the equal attribution requirement set forth at (a) above
				  would result in the attribution of $ 100.00 to Candidate A of the total $ 300.00
				  contribution to joint candidates committee ABC. Since the sum of the amount
				  contributed to the candidate committee of A $ 5,200, plus the attribution of $
				  100.00 of the $ 300.00 contribution made to the ABC joint candidates committee,
				  results in a total contribution from the contributor in the election of $ 5,300 to
				  Candidate A, the ABC joint candidates committee must refund the $ 300.00
				  contribution to avoid receipt of an excessive contribution, or alternatively, the
				  candidate committee of A must refund $ 100.00 in order that the total contribution
				  from the contributor in the election does not exceed the $ 5,200 per election
				  contribution limit of candidate A.