New Jersey Regulations § 19:25-12.7 Independent expendituresVersion dated Oct. 30, 2024

(a) An expenditure by a candidate committee, joint candidates committee, political committee, continuing political committee, political party committee or legislative leadership committee to support or defeat a candidate, which expenditure is made without the cooperation or prior consent of, or in consultation with or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate or any person or committee acting on behalf of a candidate, or an expenditure for a communication to aid the passage or defeat of a public question, which expenditure is made without consultation with or at the suggestion of any person or committee supporting or opposing a public question, is an independent expenditure.

(b) An expenditure by a person from his, her, or its own funds of more than $ 1,900 in an election to support or defeat a candidate, which expenditure is made without the cooperation or prior consent of, or without consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate or any person or committee acting on behalf of the candidate, or an expenditure by a person from his, her, or its own funds of more than $ 1,900 for a communication to aid the passage or defeat of a public question, which expenditure is made without consultation with or at the suggestion of any individual or committee supporting or opposing a public question, is an independent expenditure.

(c) A communication that is paid for by means of an independent expenditure pursuant to (a) or (b) above shall include the political identification information required in N.J.A.C. 19:25-13.