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The goal here is to provide candidates who are adversely affected by independent expenditures with money so that they can respond. Candidates are most obviously hurt by expenditures that advocate their defeat, thus candidates will receive the full amount of the expenditure to respond. When it comes to independent expenditures that advocate the election of another candidate, only spending in favor of candidates that are viable, at least @Uncially, can trigger matching funds. There is a threshold in place to be sure that a group couldn't spend money advocating the election of a straw candidate and trigger matching money for the candidate they're reall v supporting. We only provide 1/2 of the amount of the expenditure for 2 reusons: 1.candidates are less obviously harmed by independent expenditures for another candidate; and 2. this may cause sovne groups to do positive advertising, instead of negutive, because then their opponent will get fewer matching funds. Finally, the actions oj* a group supporting one candidate cannot trigger matching money f' r that��ndidate. This is another mechan sm to stop groups jroin spending money on a straw candidate to trigger rn a tc.•h i n g funds jbr the candidate they are really supporting. Filing independent expenditures Groups and individuals that make independent expenditures will be required to turn in copies of the expenditures and/or transcripts of broadcast expenditures with the January 3 1st year-end report. If they made multiple nearly-identical expenditures, they need only submit one. Complaints based on the expenditures must be filed by April 30th or else the statute of limitations will run out. This will allow groups to do an anahsis of whether or not the law is being followed and how it impacts the nature refewnpaigns in Minnesota. The short statute of limitations is to e%y assure groups juing their independent expenditures that, by doing so, they are not opening theinseNes up to the possibill`ty oj`prosecution indefinitely. NonTaftic ationLa Candidates Contribution limits Contribution limits for the whole election cycle for nonparticipating candidates are: ( 1) GovernorAU. Governor $2,000 (2) AG, SoS, SA $11000 (3' State Senator, State Rep $500 For non participating candidates, the contribution limits jor the election cycle are the savne (is election year limits are 110tip. except that the limit for o,S and SA have been raised to the segue level as that of' the AG. Report & Matching of excess spending A non-participating candidate is required to report when they have raised contributions in excess of their participating opponent's spending limit within 7 days of having done so. They must file additional reports weekly. During the last 3 weeks before an election, they must file a report within 48 hours of receiving additional large contributions. A participating candidate will receive an additional public subsidy to match fundraising by a nonparticipating candidate. up to twice their original subsidy. 4