If you are going to be helping candidates for the Board of Education and want to speak authoritatively on it, I would highly recommend attending this virtual session live on March 29th. Why?
There's quite a bit of misinformation and we also have new people coming into electioneering/campaigning for the first time who are really gung-ho but are uninformed about election communications and finance requirements. It could hurt candidates. There are new finance limits as well. ELEC does not accept email questions, so if you do have questions, you'd have to call them and wait for a reply. So, this hour is good to get all of our questions answered as the ELEC compliance official walks us through the system.
When: Mar 29, 2023 07:00 PM
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://tinyurl.com/2023ELECforBOE
After this meeting, you will receive know the answers to many questions regarding compliance requirements including the following:
If you are going to buy lawn signs for your Board of Education campaign, do you have to file anything?
If you will be spending your own money, can you just fill out the petition and be done with it?
If you are not going to do any fundraising to accept money from donors, do you have to open a campaign account?