Missouri campaign finance laws and requirements.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have listed below the requirements of a candidate for public office in the State of Missouri, and St, Louis County.
While you out and about, take a close look at the campaign signs that have sprouted up in the wards, and see if in fact the candidate whose name appears on the sign has followed ALL the rules.
My feeling is that I would not vote for anyone who could not follow the most basic of rules (every candidate gets a packet with the rules completely spelled out,) since if these rules are not followed, how can we trust them to follow the Charter?
Missouri, St. Louis County rules and regulations:
Campaign Material Identification Requirements
Any person publishing, circulating, or distributing any printed material about a candidate for public office or ballot measure must identify, on the printed material’s face, “Paid for by” with the sponsor’s name in the following manner (Show/Hide List)
Paid For By Printed Material Required Sponsor Information
Candidate from Personal Funds First name, last name by which the candidate is known
Committee Committee name as required to be registered by Missouri campaign finance law, committee treasurer name and title serving when the material was paid for
Corporation/Business Entity/Labor Org/Other Org (Not a Committee or Organized for Influencing Election(s)) Entity’s principal officer’s name, known title, and mailing address
Individual(s) Individual(s) name, mailing address(s); if more than 5 may print "for a list of sponsors contact (name, address of one individual responsible for having material printed). That individual must keep the names and amounts paid by all other individuals.
Printed material does not include items:
* Of personal use given away or sold such as campaign buttons, pins, pens, pencils, book matches, campaign jewelry, or clothing and
* That are paid for by a candidate/committee supporting or opposing a ballot issue/candidate and
* That are obvious in its identification with a specific candidate/committee and
* Where the cost is reported as required by law
Tom Ford
NO. 616
While you out and about, take a close look at the campaign signs that have sprouted up in the wards, and see if in fact the candidate whose name appears on the sign has followed ALL the rules.
My feeling is that I would not vote for anyone who could not follow the most basic of rules (every candidate gets a packet with the rules completely spelled out,) since if these rules are not followed, how can we trust them to follow the Charter?
Missouri, St. Louis County rules and regulations:
Campaign Material Identification Requirements
Any person publishing, circulating, or distributing any printed material about a candidate for public office or ballot measure must identify, on the printed material’s face, “Paid for by” with the sponsor’s name in the following manner (Show/Hide List)
Paid For By Printed Material Required Sponsor Information
Candidate from Personal Funds First name, last name by which the candidate is known
Committee Committee name as required to be registered by Missouri campaign finance law, committee treasurer name and title serving when the material was paid for
Corporation/Business Entity/Labor Org/Other Org (Not a Committee or Organized for Influencing Election(s)) Entity’s principal officer’s name, known title, and mailing address
Individual(s) Individual(s) name, mailing address(s); if more than 5 may print "for a list of sponsors contact (name, address of one individual responsible for having material printed). That individual must keep the names and amounts paid by all other individuals.
Printed material does not include items:
* Of personal use given away or sold such as campaign buttons, pins, pens, pencils, book matches, campaign jewelry, or clothing and
* That are paid for by a candidate/committee supporting or opposing a ballot issue/candidate and
* That are obvious in its identification with a specific candidate/committee and
* Where the cost is reported as required by law
Tom Ford
NO. 616
posted by Crestwood Independent at 17:03
9 Comments:
Tom,
I agree with you, if someone running for office does not know the laws about running for office, how can they be expected to understand, know or obey our charter? Or do they feel the law does not apply to them?
TIM
TRUEBLOOD
Forget the signs! The real travesty, according to the South County Times, is Jack Bazzell is DECEASED! What a colossal mistake. That paper's credibility just went right down the drain.
9:17 AM blogger: Well your right about that, and don't forget they just interviewed him last week!
To say the least that's a blunder of monumental proportions that has no chance of being fixed before Tuesday.
We all knew that Crestwood politics can be nasty at times, but this is a new one on me!
Tom Ford
A complaint has already been filed with th St. Louis County Election Board but it may result in a Circuit Court, rendering the election results void and ordering a special election this summer.
7:50 PM blogger: Interesting to say the least! I doubt that the Courts will call for a special election because of a newspaper screw up.
Now if your talking about the lack of proper information on the signs of Masseurs Baker, Kelsch and Bizzell, I still think that will not happen!
An old Chinese proverb (that is actually a thinly veiled threat) says "Be glad you live in interesting times!"
Tom Ford
Yeah, a special election will NEVER happen. It was the Times' fault. Their stupidity isn't reason enough to have a special election. Still, if I were Mr. Bazzell, I'd be MAD at the Times.
Not only that but I understand they didn't even Post Mr. Mike Argents name and he is still on the ballot.
And then Tom doesn't bother to spell his name correctly. First he is deceased and now he has a different name. The A and I aren't even near each other Tom. Or is it just not that important since you are backing a different candidate.
9:29 PM blogger: My error plain and simple, nothing intentional on my part, just a mistake.
Tom Ford
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