Sentences with phrase «federal election law allows»

Federal election law allows campaign donations to be used for many different things.

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Martins now argues that the general election should also be moved to allow adequate time for the winner to campaign against Democratic candidate Thomas Suozzi and to comply with a federal law that requires 45 days for ballots to be able to reach military and overseas voters.

Steiner said Cuomo was obliged to set a special election date for a congressional seat under federal law, but state law allows the governor to set one for a state legislative vacancy at his discretion, so a court challenge might not be successful.

The Democrats paid for pro-Malloy mass mailings with about $ 250,000 from the state party's federally regulated campaign account, which is allowed by federal law to accept heavy contributions from state contractors despite the state clean - election laws» ban on contractors» money going to candidates for state office.

Federal law allows leeway for money from a party's «federal account» — which is regulated by the FEC and intended to promote election of federal candidates for Congress — to be spent on «federal election activity» such as «get - out - the - vote» activities on behalf of congressional candidates that also could benefit a candidate for state Federal law allows leeway for money from a party's «federal account» — which is regulated by the FEC and intended to promote election of federal candidates for Congress — to be spent on «federal election activity» such as «get - out - the - vote» activities on behalf of congressional candidates that also could benefit a candidate for state federal account» — which is regulated by the FEC and intended to promote election of federal candidates for Congress — to be spent on «federal election activity» such as «get - out - the - vote» activities on behalf of congressional candidates that also could benefit a candidate for state federal candidates for Congress — to be spent on «federal election activity» such as «get - out - the - vote» activities on behalf of congressional candidates that also could benefit a candidate for state federal election activity» such as «get - out - the - vote» activities on behalf of congressional candidates that also could benefit a candidate for state office.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature acted earlier this year to extend the periods for special elections to allow military ballots to be mailed and counted in compliance with federal law.

Instead, Cuomo announced a program bill to amend the Public Officers Law to provide county boards of elections more time prior to special elections to allow enough time for military ballots to be mailed and counted in compliance with federal lLaw to provide county boards of elections more time prior to special elections to allow enough time for military ballots to be mailed and counted in compliance with federal lawlaw.

Federal campaign finance law allows candidates to lend their campaigns $ 250,000 for each primary election and another $ 250,000 for each primary election.

According to The Hill, celebrities such as Danny DeVito, Jack Black, Jon Hamm, Nicolas Cage, Jerry Seinfeld, and Leonardo DiCaprio have all contributed the maximum amount allowed under federal election law to the Grimes campaign.

While the election of Donald Trump raises many questions about the future of public education, state Department of Education officials remained cautiously optimistic yesterday that the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) signed into law last year will allow Connecticut schools to move in a positive direction.

Sadly, what is truly needed is aggressive financial reform at the federal level, which is impossible as long as The Legislative and Executive branches of government are allowed to profit in any way, i.e., contributions to political parties & candidates in elections, personal investments, and the insider trading laws that they are exempt from.

That is, federal law establishes 18 as the age by which citizens must be allowed to vote in federal elections.

NAR Government Affairs says: The new campaign finance reform law, which takes effect after the 2002 elections, will continue to allow individuals (and PACs) to fund a print or broadcast «electioneering communication» that refers to a federal candidate within 60 days of a general election or within 30 days of a primary election or convention.