KIBPAC Accepted Practices

ACCEPTED PRACTICES

Issue Advocacy

• Mailings, other direct private communications to members that recognize elected officials for their votes on legislation or for taking other actions or measures favorable to the members’ needs and concerns.
• Mailings, other direct private communications urging members to take action to contact legislators to offer praise, criticism as the result of legislative action.
• Encourage members to register to vote and vote in elections.
• Other types of political education focusing on such topics as vote records, election and campaign expense reporting law, PAC management, reapportionment, lobbying disclosure, etc.
• Hosting legislative briefings, other gatherings to discuss legislative or regulatory actions or other state or local governmental issues or policies.

Political Advocacy

• Public endorsements of candidates for public office, so long as the promotion involves a "one-time" press release and/or announcements to the usual news or media sources.
• Mailings, other direct private communications designed to expressly influence the outcomes of elections, i.e., to expressly advocate the election or defeat of candidates for political office, so long as the communications are sent exclusively to members.
• Sell advertising space to candidates in newsletters.
• Promote listings of endorsed candidates in newsletters, other private direct communications and materials sent to membership only.
• Conduct candidate debates, as long as such debates are open to the public and non-partisan infashion.
• Engage in candidate recruitment efforts with membership.
• Organize, administer and pay the costs associated with operation and maintenance of a politica laction committee, including funds incurred for fundraising for the PAC.
• Sell and/or provide membership lists to organizations or candidates for political purposes. Note: the sale or providing of such lists are allowed so long as they are both sold at the same cost and available to all who may have an interest in obtaining them.
• Forums, presentations, meetings on the importance of elections, so long as they are held for the general public and conducted in a non-partisan fashion.