The Commission shall not accept a complaint from any person alleging a violation of these Rules by a candidate or candidate committee during a period beginning the first day that the State Election Board may accept Declarations of Candidacy for the office sought by the candidate or candidates and ending on the day of the General Election during the same year. However, this section shall not prohibit acceptance of a complaint from a member or employee of the Commission.
Promulgated by Ethics Commission January 10, 2014; effective upon Legislature’s sine die adjournment May 23, 2014; operative January 1, 2015.