1. A. Applicant candidates shall obtain qualifying contributions as follows:

   1. (1) for all statewide judicial elective offices, the number of qualifying contributions equal to one-tenth percent of the number of voters in the state; and

   2. (2) for the office of district judge:

      1. (a) four hundred qualifying contributions in a district with four hundred thousand or more voters;
      2. (b) three hundred qualifying contributions in a district with two hundred thousand or more but fewer than four hundred thousand voters;
      3. (c) two hundred qualifying contributions in a district with one hundred thousand or more but fewer than two hundred thousand voters; and
      4. (d) one hundred qualifying contributions in a district with fewer than one hundred thousand voters.
2. B. Applicant candidates may accept qualifying contributions from persons who become registered within the statutory time frame that would enable those persons to vote in the primary election.
3. C. Voters registered as independent are not excluded from making qualifying contributions but shall be registered within the statutory time frame as independent.
4. D. A payment, gift or anything of value shall not be given in exchange for a qualifying contribution.

History: Laws 2003, ch. 14, § 4; 2007 (1st S.S.), ch. 2, § 2; 2020, ch. 9, § 11; 2021, ch. 57, § 2.

ANNOTATIONS

Repeals. — Laws 2021, ch. 57, § 5, effective June 18, 2021, repealed Laws 2020, ch. 9, §§ 10 through 13, which would have become effective January 1, 2023.

The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, prescribed qualifying contribution amounts for the office of district judge, removed references to the office of public regulation commissioner, and made technical corrections; in Subsection A, Paragraph A(2), after "for the office of", deleted "public regulation commissioner, the number of qualifying contributions equal to one-tenth percent of the number of voters in the district of the office for which the candidate is running" and added "district judge", and added Subparagraphs A(2)(a) through A(2)(d); and in Subsection D, deleted "No" and added "A", and after "shall", added "not".

The 2007 amendment, effective June 28, 2007, amended Subsection A to change the required number of registered voters from one-quarter percent to one-tenth of one percent.