and expenditures A candidate (including an authorized committee of the candidate) receiving a payment under the Democracy Dollars Program with respect to an election may not accept any contributions or make any expenditures in connection with any election occurring during the election cycle for the office involved other than the following: (1) Payments made under the Democracy Dollars Program. (2) Amounts accepted and deposited in the candidate’s Democracy Dollars Exploratory Fund under section 104, so long as such amounts do not exceed the applicable threshold for the candidate under such section. (3) Personal funds (including personal funds of the candidate or any immediate family member of the candidate) in an amount that does not exceed an aggregate amount of $50,000 for all such elections. (d) Permitting certification by candidates and committees accepting excess contributions to Democracy Dollars Exploratory Fund A candidate (including an authorized committee of the candidate) which has accepted an aggregate amount of qualified contributions to a Democracy Dollars Exploratory Fund under section 104 which is greater than the applicable threshold under such section shall be considered to meet the requirements of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) if, not later than 5 business days after the date on which the aggregate amount of qualified contributions deposited into such Fund was first equal to such applicable threshold, the candidate provides the Democracy Fund Commission with— (1) a statement of the amount of contributions in such Fund