Vermont § 2972 - Identification in electioneering communications

§ 2972. Identification in electioneering communications

• (a) An electioneering communication shall contain the name and mailing address of the
  person, candidate, political committee, independent expenditure-only political committee,
  or political party that paid for the communication. The name and address shall appear
  prominently and in a manner such that a reasonable person would clearly understand
  by whom the expenditure has been made, except that: (1) An audio electioneering communication paid for by a candidate does not need to contain
  the candidate’s address. (2) An electioneering communication paid for by a person acting as an agent or consultant
  on behalf of another person, candidate, political committee, independent expenditure-only
  political committee, or political party shall clearly designate the name and mailing
  address of the person, candidate, political committee, independent expenditure-only
  political committee, or political party on whose behalf the communication is published
  or broadcast. (b) If an electioneering communication is a related campaign expenditure made on a candidate’s
  behalf as provided in section 2944 of this chapter, then in addition to other requirements
  of this section, the communication shall also clearly designate the candidate on whose
  behalf it was made by including language such as “on behalf of” such candidate. (c)(1) In addition to the identification requirements in subsections (a) and (b) of this
  section, an electioneering communication paid for by or on behalf of a political committee,
  independent expenditure-only political committee, or political party shall contain
  the name of any contributor who contributed more than 25 percent of all contributions
  and more than $2,000.00 to that committee or party since the beginning of the two-year
  general election cycle in which the electioneering communication was made to the date
  on which the expenditure for the electioneering communication was made. (2) For the purposes of this subsection, a committee or political party shall be treated
  as having made an expenditure if the committee or party or person acting on behalf
  of the committee or party has executed a contract to make the expenditure. (d) If it is not practicable to meet the identification requirements of this section within
  an electioneering communication that is broadcast over the internet, such an electioneering
  communication shall contain a link that shall be clear and conspicuous and that, if
  clicked, takes the reader to a web page or social media page that provides all of
  the identification information as required by this section. (e) The identification requirements of this section shall not apply to lapel stickers
  or buttons, nor shall they apply to electioneering communications made by a single
  individual acting alone who spends, in a single two-year general election cycle, a
  cumulative amount of not more than $150.00 on those electioneering communications,
  adjusted for inflation pursuant to the Consumer Price Index as provided in section
  2905 of this chapter. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014; amended 2017, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 16, 2018; 2025, No. 70, § 17f, eff. June 25, 2025.)