Definitions: As used in this Canon:
During the course of any campaign for nomination or election to judicial office, a candidate shall not, by any means, do any of the following:
Post, publish, broadcast, transmit, circulate, or distribute false information concerning a judicial candidate or an opponent, either knowing the information to be false or with reckless disregard of whether that information is false.
A candidate, including an incumbent judge or a nonincumbent candidate, shall be responsible for the content of any statement communicated in any medium by his or her campaign committee and for compliance by his or her campaign committee with the limitations on campaign solicitations, contributions, and expenditures contained in this Canon and with the laws of this state if the candidate knew, or should have known through the exercise of due and reasonable diligence, of the statement, solicitation, contribution, or expenditure.
Commentary
Communications by a candidate concerning the cost of a campaign or the necessity of raising funds, and general comments about campaign expenses, are permitted conduct under this section. A candidate may appear and speak in his or her behalf at any function organized in support of his or her candidacy.
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Note from the reporter of decisions: The order amending Canon 7.B(1)(c), 7.B(2), and 7.B(4)(a), Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics, effective August 25, 2004, is published in that volume of Alabama Reporter that contains Alabama cases from 879 So.2d.
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