conducting the activity or making the expenditure in question expressly proposes, supports, or opposes. (2) Election The term election means a process culminating in a vote by the public to determine whether a candidate will serve in a public office, including primary, general, special, and runoff elections, nominations by caucus, convention, or other means, and recall and confirmation votes. (3) Paid mass media advertising (A) In general The term paid mass media advertising means communication to the general public placed for a fee on one of the following media operated by another person: a broadcast, cable, or satellite facility, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, mass mailing service, telephone bank, or another person’s web site or internet communications service. (B) Mass mailing The term mass mailing means— (i) a mailing by United States mail or facsimile, (ii) of more than 500 pieces of mail matter of an identical or substantially similar nature within any 30-day period, and (iii) that is not voter education materials. (4) Political use of resources The term political use of resources — (A) means— (i) the provision any of an organization’s resources, tangible or intangible, including monetary or in-kind, goods, services, or facilities, by gift, loan, sale, rental, or any other method of transfer to another person or entity, if— (I) the transferee uses such resources to support or oppose any candidate’s election to public office, (II) such use is reasonably foreseeable, and (III) if the transferor has not taken reasonable steps to prevent such use, (ii) any other transfer that is a reportable contribution related to one or more candidates for elective public office, to a political party, or (unless the transfer is restricted so that it must not be used to support political intervention) to any other political organization within the meaning of section 527(e)(1), and (iii) any other use of an organization’s resources in support of or opposition to a candidate, if not specifically allowed