The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
005
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PUBLIC FINANCING OPTION
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2984)
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§ 2984. Qualifying contributions
(a) In order to qualify for Vermont campaign finance grants, a candidate for the office
of Governor or Lieutenant Governor shall obtain during the Vermont campaign finance
qualification period the following amount and number of qualifying contributions for
the office being sought:
(1) for Governor, a total amount of no less than $35,000.00 collected from no fewer than
1,500 qualified individual contributors making a contribution of no more than $50.00
each; or
(2) for Lieutenant Governor, a total amount of no less than $17,500.00 collected from
no fewer than 750 qualified individual contributors making a contribution of no more
than $50.00 each.
(b) A candidate shall not accept more than one qualifying contribution from the same contributor
and a contributor shall not make more than one qualifying contribution to the same
candidate in any Vermont campaign finance qualification period. For the purpose of
this section, a qualified individual contributor means an individual who is registered
to vote in Vermont. No more than 25 percent of the total number of qualified individual
contributors may be residents of the same county.
(c) Each qualifying contribution shall indicate the name and town of residence of the
contributor and the date accepted and be acknowledged by the signature of the contributor.
(d) A candidate may retain and expend qualifying contributions obtained under this section.
A candidate may expend the qualifying contributions for the purpose of obtaining additional
qualifying contributions and may expend the remaining qualifying contributions during
the primary and general election periods. Amounts expended under this subsection shall
be considered expenditures for purposes of this chapter. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)