Eligible Candidate's Statement of Qualifying Contributions

Any candidate or candidate team who seeks certification as an eligible candidate or candidate team shall, in addition to any other requirement established by M.G.L. c. 55C or 970 CMR 4.00, file with the director on a form prepared by the director a statement of qualifying contributions pursuant to M.G.L. c. 55C, § 3. (2) The statement of qualifying contributions shall include such information as the Director may reasonably require to expedite the certifications and determinations required to be made by the director under M.G.L. c. 55C and 970 CMR 4.00. Such information, except for the information required by 970 CMR 4.05(2)(e), (g) and (h), shall be submitted in a database approved by the director: (a) the first and last name and residential address, listed in chronological order by date of deposit, of each individual making a contribution that is being claimed, in whole or in part, as a qualifying contribution; (b) the amount of each contribution claimed as a qualifying contribution and the date of deposit; (c) the amount of the contribution claimed as a qualifying contribution which shall not exceed the qualifying contribution limit; (d) the cumulative total of all contributions claimed as qualifying contributions for the election cycle to date less than or equal to $250 from an individual including the contribution identification number for any previously claimed contributions; (e) if the contribution equals or exceeds $200 or would equal or exceed $200 when added to any such contribution previously made by the same individual during a calendar year, the occupation and employer of such individual or a copy of the letter requesting such information as required by 970 CMR 1.08(2)(b), unless: 1. such information is contained in the listing of contributions when originally deposited or amended in accordance with 970 CMR 1.08; or 2. the contributions were solicited less than 45 days prior to the submission of the statement of qualifying contributions at which time a request for the information was made by the candidate or committee, but in this instance such submission must be amended by candidates and committees as more accurate employer/occupation information becomes available. (f) the cumulative total of all contributions made by that individual during the election cycle; (g) a copy of each contribution check which is being claimed as a qualifying contribution, submitted in chronological order; (h) the verification card provided for in 970 CMR 4.05(3) for the following contributions: 1. a cash contribution of $50 or less, or a contribution made by money order, bank check, treasurer's check, certified or cashier's check or other check on which the contributor is not directly liable of $100 or less; 2. a contribution written on a check which does not contain the name of the contributor; and 3. a contribution written on a check containing a name of a sole proprietorship's account or other unincorporated business association or organization; and (i) a cumulative, alphabetical listing by last name of all contributions claimed as qualifying contributions to date. (3) The director shall prepare verification cards which include the information required by 970 CMR 4.05(2)(h). Verification cards shall be signed by the contributor and the candidate committee's treasurer or the treasurer's designee and shall state that the contribution identified by the verification card was made during the relevant election cycle from personal funds of the individual contributor signing the verification card. (4) No contribution appearing on the statement of qualifying contributions shall be certified by the director as a qualifying contribution unless the name and residential address of the contributor appears on such statement and each of the following documents in substantially the same form as provided for in 970 CMR 4.06: (a) the contribution check or verification card required by 970 CMR 4.05(3); and (b) the electronic report of the deposit on which such contribution was reported to the director under M.G.L. c. 55, § 19(b) or any amended deposit report filed with the director. (5) Contributions of $250 or less made during the election cycle to either or both the candidate for governor or the candidate for lieutenant governor of a candidate team may be claimed as a qualifying contribution for the general election campaign by the candidate team and shall be certified by the director if such contribution otherwise complies with 970 CMR. (6) A contribution that is not listed in the electronic filing system as having been received and deposited by the candidate will not be claimed as a qualifying contribution. (7) A statement of qualifying contributions that is submitted prior to the deadline for filing such statements under M.G.L. c. 55, §§ 4 and 6 and 970 CMR 4.02(4) may be electronically amended prior to such deadline.