[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR9004.2]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 9004_ENTITLEMENT OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES TO PAYMENTS; USE OF PAYMENTS--
 
Sec.  9004.2  Pre-election payments for minor and new party candidates.

    (a) Candidate of a minor party in the preceding election. An 
eligible candidate of a minor party is entitled to pre-election 
payments:
    (1) If he or she received at least 5% of the total popular vote as 
the candidate of a minor party in the preceding election whether or not 
he or she is the same minor party's candidate in this election.
    (2) In an amount which is equal, in the aggregate, to a 
proportionate share of the amount to which major party candidates are 
entitled under 11 CFR 9004.1.

The aggregate amount received by a minor party candidate shall bear the 
same ratio to the amount received by the major party candidates as the 
number of popular votes received by the minor party Presidential 
candidate in the preceding Presidential election bears to the average 
number of popular votes received by all major party candidates in that 
election.
    (b) Candidate of a minor party in the current election. The eligible 
candidate

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of a minor party whose candidate for the office of President in the 
preceding election received at least 5% but less than 25% of the total 
popular vote is eligible to receive pre-election payments. The amount 
which a minor party candidate is entitled to receive under this section 
shall be computed pursuant to 11 CFR 9004.2(a) based on the number of 
popular votes received by the minor party's candidate in the preceding 
Presidential election; however, the amount to which the minor party 
candidate is entitled under this section shall be reduced by the amount 
to which the minor party's Presidential candidate in this election is 
entitled under 11 CFR 9004.2(a), if any.
    (c) New party candidate. A candidate of a new party who was a 
candidate for the office of President in at least 10 States in the 
preceding election may be eligible to receive pre-election payments if 
he or she received at least 5% but less than 25% of the total popular 
vote in the preceding election. The amount which a new party candidate 
is entitled to receive under this section shall be computed pursuant to 
11 CFR 9004.2(a) based on the number of popular votes received by the 
new party candidate in the preceding election. If a new party candidate 
is entitled to payments under this section, the amount of the 
entitlement shall be reduced by the amount to which the candidate is 
entitled under 11 CFR 9004.2(a), if any.