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(3) "Contractor" means a person who receives compensation from another
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person for either full-time or part-time work based on a contract or compen-
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sation agreement, but who is not an employee of that person.
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(c4) "Contribution" includes any advance, conveyance, forgiveness of
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indebtedness, deposit, distribution, loan, payment, gift, pledge, sub-
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scription or transfer of money or anything of value, and any contract, agree-
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ment, promise or other obligation, whether or not legally enforceable, to
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make a contribution, in support of or in opposition to any candidate, polit-
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ical committee or measure. Such term also includes personal funds or other
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property of a candidate or members of his household expended or transferred
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to cover expenditures incurred in support of such candidate but does not
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include personal funds used to pay the candidate filing fee. Such term also
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includes the rendering of personal and professional services for less than
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full consideration, but does not include ordinary home hospitality or the
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rendering of "part-time" personal services of the sort commonly performed
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by volunteer campaign workers or advisors or incidental expenses not in ex-
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cess of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) personally paid for by any volunteer
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campaign worker. "Part-time" services, for the purposes of this definition,
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means services in addition to regular full-time employment, or, in the case
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of an unemployed person or persons engaged in part-time employment, services
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rendered without compensation or reimbursement of expenses from any source
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other than the candidate or political committee for whom such services are
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rendered. For the purposes of this act, contributions, other than money or
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its equivalent shall be deemed to have a money value equivalent to the fair
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market value of the contribution.
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(d5) "Election" means any general, special or primary election.
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(e6) "Election campaign" means any campaign in support of or in opposi-
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tion to a candidate for election to public office and any campaign in support
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of, or in opposition to, a measure.
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(f7) (1a) "Electioneering communication" means any communication
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broadcast by television or radio, printed in a newspaper or on a bill-
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board, directly mailed or delivered by hand to personal residences, or
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telephone calls made to personal residences, or otherwise distributed
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that:
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(i) Unambiguously refers to any candidate; and
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(ii) Is broadcasted, printed, mailed, delivered, made or dis-
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tributed within thirty (30) days before a primary election or
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sixty (60) days before a general election; and
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(iii) Is broadcasted to, printed in a newspaper, distributed to,
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mailed to or delivered by hand to, telephone calls made to, or
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otherwise distributed to an audience that includes members of the
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electorate for such public office.
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(2b) "Electioneering communication" does not include:
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(i) Any news articles, editorial endorsements, opinion or com-
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mentary, writings, or letter to the editor printed in a newspaper,
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magazine, or other periodical not owned or controlled by a candi-
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date or political party;
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(ii) Any editorial endorsements or opinions aired by a broad-
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cast facility not owned or controlled by a candidate or political
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party;