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definitions Sec. 102. When used in this Act, unless otherwise provided— (a) The term “election” means a primary, runoff, general, or special election held in the District of Columbia for the purpose of nominating an individual to be a candidate for election to office or for the purpose of electing a candidate to office, and includes a convention or caucus of a political party held for the purpose of nominating such a candidate. (b) The term “candidate” means an individual who seeks nomination for election, or election, to office, whether or not such individual is nominated or elected, and, for purposes of this paragraph, an individual shall be deemed to seek nomination for election, or election, if88 Stat. 448 he, has (1) obtained or authorized any other person to obtain nominating petitions to qualify himself for nomination for election, or election, to office. (2) received contributions or made expenditures, or has given his consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures, with a view to bringing about his nomination for election, or election, to office, or (3) reason to know, or knows, that any other person has received contributions or made expenditures for that purpose, and has not notified that person in writing to cease receiving contributions or making expenditures for that purpose. A person who is deemed to be a candidate for the purposes of this Act shall not be deemed, solely by reason of that status, to be a candidate for the purposes of any other Federal law. (c) The term “office” means the office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, Chairman or member of the Council of the District of Columbia, member of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, or an official of a political party. (d) The term “official of a political party” means— (1) national committeemen and national committeewomen; (2) delegates to conventions of political parties nominating candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States: (3) alternates to the officials referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above, where permitted by political party rules; and (4) such members and officials of local committees of political parties as may be designated by the duly authorized local committees of such parties for election, by public ballot, at large or by ward in the District of Columbia. (e) The term “political committee” means any committee (including a principal campaign committee), club, association, organization, or other group of individuals organized for the purpose of. or engaged in. promoting or opposing a political party or the nomination or election of an individual to office. (f) The term “contribution” means— (1) a gift, subscription (including any assessment, fee, or membership dues), loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value, made for the purpose of financing, directly or indirectly, the election campaign of a candidate or any operations of a political committee; (2) a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make a contribution for any such purpose; (3) a transfer of funds between political committees; or (4) the payment, by any person other than a candidate or political committee, of compensation for the personal services of another person which are rendered to such candidate or committee without charge, or for less than reasonable value, for any such purpose or the furnishing of goods, advertising, or services to a candidate’s campaign without charge, or at a rate which is less than the rate normally charged for such services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such term shall not be construed to include (A) services provided without compensation, by individuals88 Stat. 449 volunteering a portion or all of their time on behalf of a candidate or political committee, (B) personal services provided without compensation by individuals volunteering a portion or all of their time to a candidate or political committee, (C) communications by an organization, other than a political party, solely to its members and their families on any subject, (D) communications (including advertisements) to any person on any subject by any organization which is organized solely as an issue-oriented organization, which communications neither endorse nor oppose any candidate for office, or (E) normal billing credit for a period not exceeding thirty days. (g) The term “expenditure” means— (1) a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, made for the purpose of financing, directly or indirectly, the election campaign of a candidate or any operations of a political committee; (2) a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure; (3) a transfer of funds between political committees; and (4) notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, such term shall not be construed to include the incidental expenses (as defined by the Board) made by or on behalf of individuals in the course of volunteering their time on behalf of a candidate or political committee. (h) The term “person” means an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization, and any other organisation or group of persons. (i) The term “Director” means the Director of Campaign Finance of the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics created by title III. (j) The term “political party” means an association, committee, or organization which nominates a candidate for election to any office and qualifies under the District of Columbia Election Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1–1101 et seq.), to have the names of its nominees appear on the election ballot as the candidate of that association, committee, or organization. (k) The term “Board” means the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics established under the District of Columbia Election Act (D.C. Code. sec. 1–1101 et seq.) and redesignated by section 306.