Campaign Committees

(A) A judicial candidate* subject to public election* may establish a campaign committee to manage and conduct a campaign for the candidate, subject to the provisions of this Code. The candidate is responsible for ensuring that his or her campaign committee complies with applicable provisions of this Code and other applicable law.* (B) A judicial candidate who establishes a campaign committee shall direct his or her campaign committee: (1) to solicit and accept only such campaign contributions* as are permitted by law; (2) not to solicit or accept contributions for a candidate’s campaign in an amount or in a manner that is prohibited by law; and (3) to comply with all applicable statutory requirements for disclosure and divestiture of campaign contributions, and to file all reports required by law with the official or agency prescribed by law. COMMENT [1] This Rule recognizes that judicial candidates may raise campaign funds in an amount and in a manner permitted by law to support their candidacies, and permits candidates, other than candidates for appointive judicial office, to solicit financial or in-kind campaign contributions personally or to establish campaign committees to solicit and accept such contributions. [2] Campaign committees may solicit and accept campaign contributions, manage the expenditure of campaign funds, and generally conduct campaigns. Candidates are responsible for compliance with the requirements of election law and other applicable law, and for the activities of their campaign committees. 42 [3] If a campaign committee is established, the candidate must instruct the campaign committee to solicit or accept contributions in conformity with applicable law. 43