(1) The registry shall take such steps as may be necessary to furnish timely and adequate information to every candidate or prospective candidate for public office who becomes or is likely to become subject to the provisions of this chapter. The registry shall also take such steps as are necessary to inform every treasurer and depository duly designated under this chapter of their actual obligations and responsibilities under this chapter.
(2) The registry shall take such steps to disseminate among the general public such information as may serve to guide all persons who may become subject to the provisions of this chapter by reason of their participation in election campaigns or in the dissemination of political information, for the purpose of facilitating voluntary compliance with the provisions and purposes of this chapter.