State Board opens comment period on campaign finance rules
The proposed rules cover building funds, campaign finance complaints and investigations, threshold certification and waiver rules.
RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Board of Elections has opened public comment periods on four sets of proposed campaign finance rules and amendments.
The State Board announced Tuesday, June 30, that the comment periods begin Wednesday, July 1, and run through Aug. 31. The proposed rules and amendments involve campaign finance disclosures and complaints in North Carolina.
The four rulemaking areas are building fund rules, campaign finance complaints and investigations rules, a certification of threshold rule amendment and a waiver rule amendment. The State Board said information about the proposed rules and links to the rule text are available through its rulemaking page.
The agency will hold an in-person public hearing at 10 a.m. Aug. 3 in the board room at the State Board of Elections office in the Dobbs Building, 430 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh. Comments may also be submitted online through public comment portals, by email or by mail.
The rulemaking process is statewide in scope because campaign finance rules affect candidate committees, political committees, referendum committees, contributors, treasurers and others involved in North Carolina elections. Campaign finance rules also govern how complaints and investigations are handled by the State Board.
The State Board listed separate online portals for each proposal. Commenters submitting remarks by email or mail are asked to identify the specific rule being addressed. Email comments may be sent to rulemaking.sboe@ncsbe.gov. Mailed comments may be sent to the State Board’s rulemaking coordinator at P.O. Box 27255, Raleigh, NC 27611-7255.
The rulemaking notice follows other recent State Board activity involving campaign finance administration. Earlier this year, the agency and the Office of the State Auditor sought vendor proposals for a new campaign finance reporting system.
The public comment period gives candidates, committees, watchdog groups, political parties, election attorneys and voters an opportunity to weigh in before the State Board moves forward with final rules.
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