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A post office box may be stated in lieu of a street address if the candidate\u2019s, candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate\u2019s, or political party committee\u2019s address is a matter of public record with the Secretary of State.<br \/>\n(2) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a committee, other than a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate or a political party committee, shall not send a mass mailing that is not required to include a disclosure pursuant to Section 84504.2 unless the name, street address, and city of the committee is shown on the outside of each piece of mail in the mass mailing and on at least one of the inserts included within each piece of mail of the mailing in no less than 6-point type that is in a color or print that contrasts with the background so as to be easily legible. A post office box may be stated in lieu of a street address if the committee\u2019s address is a matter of public record with the Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(b)<\/strong> If the sender of the mass mailing is a single candidate or committee, the name, street address, and city of the candidate or committee need only be shown on the outside of each piece of mail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(c)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(1) A candidate, candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate, or political party committee shall not send a mass electronic mailing unless the name of the candidate or committee is shown in the electronic mailing preceded by the words \u201cPaid for by\u201d in at least the same size font as a majority of the text in the electronic mailing.<br \/>\n<br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/>(2) A committee, other than a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate or a political party committee, shall not send a mass electronic mailing that is not required to include a disclosure pursuant to Section 84502 or 84504.3 unless the name of the committee is shown in the electronic mailing preceded by the words \u201cPaid for by\u201d in at least the same size font as a majority of the text in the electronic mailing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(d)<\/strong> If the sender of a mass mailing is a controlled committee, the name of the person controlling the committee shall be included in addition to the information required by subdivision (a) or (c).<\/p>\n<p><strong>(e)<\/strong> For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(1) \u201cMass electronic mailing\u201d means sending more than 200 substantially similar pieces of electronic mail within a calendar month. \u201cMass electronic mailing\u201d does not include a communication that was solicited by the recipient, including, but not limited to, acknowledgments for contributions or information that the recipient communicated to the organization.<br \/>\n<br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/>(2) \u201cSender\u201d means the candidate, candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate, or political party committee who pays for the largest portion of expenditures attributable to the designing, printing, and posting of the mailing which are reportable pursuant to Sections 84200 to 84216.5, inclusive.<br \/>\n<br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/>(3) To \u201cpay for\u201d a share of the cost of a mass mailing means to make, to promise to make, or to incur an obligation to make, any payment: (A) to any person for the design, printing, postage, materials, or other costs of the mailing, including salaries, fees, or commissions, or (B) as a fee or other consideration for an endorsement or, in the case of a ballot measure, support or opposition, in the mailing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(f)<\/strong> This section does not apply to a mass mailing or mass electronic mailing that is paid for by an independent expenditure.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Added by initiative measure adopted June 4, 1974, operative January 7, 1975. Amended Stats 1975 ch 915 \u00a7 5, effective September 20, 1975, operative January 7, 1975; Stats 1976 ch 1106 \u00a7 13; Stats 1977 ch 230 \u00a7 2, effective July 7, 1977; Stats 1978 ch 1408 \u00a7 3, effective October 1, 1978; Stats 1984 ch 1368 \u00a7 2; Stats 1989 ch 764 \u00a7 1; Stats 2017 ch 546 \u00a7 4 (AB 249), effective October 7, 2017, operative January 1, 2018; Stats 2019 ch 558 \u00a7 1 (AB 864), effective January 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>84305<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">CrowdSourceLawyers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1546","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GOV 84305 Manner of sending mass mailings - 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