(a) Election communications and solicitations: 52 U.S.C. § 30120 Section 30120 provides that whenever a person or political committee makes certain types of election-related disbursements, an expenditure for the purpose of financing a public communication advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified federal candidate, or a solicitation for the purpose of influencing the election of a federal candidate, the communication must contain an attribution clause identifying the candidate, committee, or person who authorized and/or paid for the communication. The content of the attribution, as well as its size and location in the advertisement, are described in the statute. This statute has potential application to unattributed false, inflammatory, or scurrilous campaign literature that calls for the election or defeat of a federal candidate. (b) Fraudulent misrepresentation: 52 U.S.C. § 30124 Section 30124 prohibits fraudulently representing one’s authority to speak for a federal candidate or political party. The provision contains two specific prohibitions: • Section 30124(a) forbids a federal candidate or an agent of a federal candidate from misrepresenting his or her authority to speak, write, or otherwise act for any other federal candidate or political party in a matter which is damaging to that other candidate or political party. For example, Section 30124(a) would prohibit an agent of federal candidate A from issuing a statement that was purportedly written by federal candidate B, and which concerned a matter which was damaging to candidate B. • Section 30124(b) forbids any person from fraudulently representing his or her authority to solicit contributions 74