16-950

16-950. Qualification for clean campaign
funding

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies)

A. A candidate who has made an application for certification may also apply, in
accordance with subsection B of this section, to receive funds from the citizens clean
elections fund, instead of receiving private contributions.

B. To receive any clean campaign funding, the candidate must present to the
secretary of state no later than one week after the end of the qualifying period a list
of names of persons who have made qualifying contributions pursuant to section 16-946 on
behalf of the candidate. The list shall be divided by county. At the same time, the
candidate must tender to the secretary of state the original reporting slips identified
in section 16-946, subsection C for persons on the list and an amount equal to the sum of
the qualifying contributions collected. The secretary of state shall deposit the amount
into the fund.

C. The secretary of state shall select at random a sample of five per cent of the
number of non-duplicative names on the list and forward facsimiles of the selected
reporting slips to the county recorders for the counties of the addresses specified in
the selected slips. Within ten days, the county recorders shall provide a report to the
secretary of state identifying as disqualified any slips that are unsigned or undated or
that the recorder is unable to verify as matching a person who is registered to vote in
the electoral district of the office the candidate is seeking on the date specified on
the slip. The secretary of state shall multiply the number of slips not disqualified by
twenty, and if the result is greater than one hundred ten per cent of the quantity
required, shall approve the candidate for funds, and if the result is less than one
hundred ten per cent of the quantity required, the secretary of state shall forward
facsimiles of all of the slips to the county recorders for verification, and the county
recorders shall check all slips in accordance with the process above. A county recorder
shall not check slips already verified. A county recorder shall report verified totals
daily to the secretary of state until a determination is made that a sufficient number of
verified slips has been submitted. If a sufficient number of verified slips has been
submitted to one or more county recorders, the county recorders may stop the verification
process.

D. To qualify for clean campaign funding, a candidate must have been approved as a
participating candidate pursuant to section 16-947 and have obtained the following number
of qualifying contributions:

1. For a candidate for legislature, two hundred.

2. For candidate for mine inspector, five hundred.

3. For a candidate for treasurer, superintendent of public instruction or
corporation commission, one thousand five hundred.

4. For a candidate for secretary of state or attorney general, two thousand five
hundred.

5. For a candidate for governor, four thousand.

E. To qualify for clean campaign funding, a candidate must have met the
requirements of this section and either be an independent candidate or meet the following
standards:

1. To qualify for funding for a party primary election, a candidate must have
properly filed nominating papers and nominating petitions with signatures pursuant to
chapter 3, articles 2 and 3 of this title in the primary of a political organization
entitled to continued representation on the official ballot in accordance with section
16-804.

2. To qualify for clean campaign funding for a general election, a candidate must
be a party nominee of such a political organization.