making of contributions to a candidate’s campaign, a political party, or (unless the contribution is restricted so that it must not be used to support political intervention) any other political organization within the meaning of section 527(e)(1), (2) communication to any part of the electorate, other than an express advocacy communication within the meaning of clause (i), if the communication— (A) refers to a political candidate, and (B) reflects a view on such candidate, and (3) political use of resources. (b) Exceptions A communication described in subsection (a) shall not constitute political intervention if— (1) it does not consist of paid mass media advertising, and (2) it falls under one of the following exceptions: (A) Communications to influence official action Commentary on a public official that has a direct, limited, and reasonable relationship to specific actions the official may yet perform within his or her current term of office without mention of any election or voting in an election, or of the official’s candidacy or opponent. (B) Voter education Voter education activities or the dissemination of materials that compare two or more candidates for an office, including materials disclosing the views of the organization on political issues, if the communication consists solely of content in which the time, text, or space is offered in equal shares to each of the participating candidates, and the organization’s share of content is no greater than the share available to any of the participating candidates. The opportunity to participate, including a full description of the opportunity and of the organization’s share of the content, if any, must be given to all candidates meeting an objective threshold of viability for nomination or election to the office at least 72 hours in advance of the final preparation of the communication. (C) Self-defense communications A response by the organization to a public or publicly-reported statement by a candidate or candidates that either (i) attacks the