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[85 STAT. 793]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1971
[85 STAT. 793]

85 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-220-DEC. 23, 1971

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(19) Section i q (a)(7)(A) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110), f ^ s S ' i o s; is amended by striking out "a majority and inserting in lieu thereof 84 Stat. sso. "at least 40 per centum". (20) Section 1 0 (a)(7)(B) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110), is amended by striking out "a majority" and inserting in lieu thereof "at least 40 per centum"'. (21) The first sentence of paragraph (8) of subsection (a) of section 10 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1110), is amended by striking out "less than a majority. (22) Subsection (a) of section 11 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. Recounts. 1-1111), is amended by inserting immediately before the last sentence ^^ Stat. 703. thereof, the following new sentence: "In no case, however, shall the petitioner be required to pay the cost of any recount in any such election if the difference in the number of votes received by the petitioner in connection with any office and the number of votes received by the person certified" as having been elected to that office, in the case of an election from a ward, is less than 1 per centum or fifty votes, whichever is less, or in the case of an election at large, is less than 1 per centum or three hundred and fifty votes, whichever is less." (23) Subsection (b) of section 13 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1113), is amended by striking out "or delegate" and inserting in 84 Stat. sss. lieu thereof "delegate, or alternate". (24) Subsection (d) of section 13 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1113), is amended by striking out "or delegate" and inserting in lieu thereof "delegate, or alternate". (25) Subsection (e) of section 13 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. Election exi i \ - i o \ -

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1-1113), is amended to read as follows: " (e)(1) Every independent committee or party committee which receives or expends funds on behalf of any candidate or group of candidates in an election for any office referred to in the first section of this Act, or in a primary election held under section 5(b) of this Act, 73^"'^' ^^' ^^^' shall have a chairman and a treasurer and shall maintain an address in the District of Columbia where notices may be sent. Each such committee shall register with the Board of Elections as soon as its receipts or expenditures, or the sum of its receipts and expenditures total $100, or within ten days after its organization, whichever first occurs. "(2) In any election held in the District of Columbia with respect to any office referred to in the first section of this Act, or with respect to a primary election held under section 5(b) of this Act, each candidate for election, and the treasurer of each independent or party committee, shall file with the Board of Elections on the fifth calendar day before, and also within thirty days after, the date on which such primary or general election was held, an itemized statement, complete as of the day next preceding the date of filing, setting forth— " (A) The name and address of each person who has made a contribution to or for such committee in one or more items of the aggregate amount or value, within the calendar year, of $100 or more, together with the amount and date of such contribution; " (B) The total sum of the contributions made to or for such committee during the calendar year and not stated under subparagraph (A); " (C) The total sum of all contributions made to or for such committee during the calendar year; " (D) The name and address of each person to whom an expenditure in one or more items of the aggregate amount or value, within the calendar year, of $10 or more has been made by or on behalf of such committee, and the amount, date, and purpose of such expenditure;