(a) A candidate, campaign treasurer, or committee shall not receive any contribution, make any expenditure, or receive or make any transfer of money or anything of value;

(l) for any purpose other than those directly related to:

(A) in the case of the candidate, to his or her own campaign;

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provided, that no expenditure shall be made for the benefit of any personal property of any candidate; or

(B) in the case of a campaign treasurer or committee, to the campaign of the candidate, question, or issue with which they are directly associated; or

(2) to campaign against any other candidate not directly opposing the candidate for whom the funds were collected or with whom the campaign treasurer or committee is directly associated, provided that a candidate, campaign treasurer, or committee may purchase from its campaign fund not more than two (2) tickets for each testimonial or fundraising affair held by another candidate, committee, or political party.

(b) This Section shall not be construed to prohibit a political party from supporting more than one (1) candidate, or to prohibit joint expenditure by two (2) or more candidates seeking election to multiple offices whether the expenditures are equally or unequally incurred among such candidates; provided, that the allocation of expenditures between the candidates is based upon reasonable objective standards. The political party or candidates, whichever is applicable, shall make the initial allocation between candidates. If the allocation is disallowed by the Commission, and the allocation of expenditures is not corrected as prescribed by the GEC, the allocation found shall presume to be a transfer of funds in violation of this Section.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 18-030:54 (Feb. 19, 1986) as 3 Guam Code Ann. § 19108. Repealed and reenacted to this section by P.L. 31-255:2 (Dec. 11, 2012).