For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
apply:
"Ballot issue " means a question that has been
approved to be placed before the voters or is otherwise required by law to be
placed before the voters. "Ballot issue" does not include the nomination or
election of a candidate.
"Campaign " means the organized effort to
expressly advocate the nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate for state
or local office in Iowa. "Campaign" also means the organized effort to
expressly advocate the passage or defeat of a ballot issue.
"Candidate " means any individual who has
taken affirmative action to seek nomination or election to a state or local
office in Iowa.
"Expressly advocate " means "express advocacy"
as defined in Iowa Code section 68A. 102(14) and 351-subrule 4.53(1). "Express
advocacy" includes a communication that uses any word, term, phrase, or symbol
that exhorts an individual to vote for or against a clearly identified
candidate or for the passage or defeat of a clearly identified ballot
issue.
"Political purpose" means to expressly
advocate the nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate or to expressly
advocate the passage or defeat of a ballot issue.
"Public resources" means the moneys, time,
property, facilities, equipment, and supplies of the executive branch of state
government, a county, city, public school, or other political
subdivision.
"Public school" includes a school designated
as a "charter school."
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
68A.102
and
68A.505.
