Sentences with phrase «presidential election campaign fund»

When you filed your tax return, did you notice that box asking if you wanted $ 3 to go to the presidential election campaign fund?

Eventually H.R. 6950 was passed and enacted but with an amendment to make the 1966 Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act inoperative.

When you agree to the $ 3 tax checkoff, it funds the Presidential Election Campaign Fund (PECF), a common pool of money that matches the fundraising of eligible presidential candidates in primary and general elections, for those who choose to take it.

When I went through it, the «no» option was already checked on questions about whether I'm blind or whether I want to donate $ 3 to the presidential election campaign fund.

Not exact matches

This settlement should have been considered a campaign expense «because the funds were paid for the purpose of influencing the 2016 presidential general election,» Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance expert at the group, said in a letter addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.

Cambridge Analytica is partly owned by hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and played a role in Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and the connection raises continued concerns over the influence Facebook had in the election.

«As Director of Media and Publicity of the Jonathan / Sambo Campaign organisation I received money on behalf of the Directorate of Media and Publicity which I headed from private individuals and companies during the election campaigns but these were not public funds but rather private contributions specifically for the Presidential and other campaigns.

The question before progressive advocates of public campaign financing in New York State is whether we push for full public campaign finance on the Clean Money model of equal and sufficient funding grants for all qualified candidates, or whether we settle for partial public campaign financing on the Matching Funds model used for presidential primaries since 1976 and for New York City local elections since 1989.

The erstwhile Minister of Aviation in the letter is being asked to present himself at the commission's Abuja office by10.00 am on Monday, May 9, 2016, to explain his role in the presidential campaign funds of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2015 presidential elections.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- Caroline Kennedy's $ 2,300 donation to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was not returned because of her decision to endorse Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, a Clinton aide told CNN — it was sent back because the New York senator's loss meant she would not be able to keep funds that had been contributed for her general election campaign.

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These activities include the upcoming convention in Bohemia New York, funding for the Presidential general election campaign, and general outreach efforts.

In an article about 2016 Presidential election fundraiser Mary Pat Bonner, 2012 campaign finance chair Zwick was mentioned in regards «fund - raising fees paid by Mr. Romney's [2012] campaign committees to limited liability companies established by Mr. Zwick: about $ 34 million, according to campaign disclosure reports».

One of the counts reads: «That you Dr. Raymond Dokpesi and Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited between October 2014 and March 19, 2015 in Abuja, conducted procurement fraud by means of fraudulent and corrupt act, to wit: receipt of payment into the account of Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited with First Bank of Nigeria Plc of public funds in the sum of N2, 120,000,000 from the account of the office of National Security Adviser (NSA) with the Central Bank of Nigeria for the funding of media activities for the 2015 presidential election campaign for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 58 (4)(b) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and punishable under Section 58 (6) & (7) of the same Act».

But while previous presidential campaigns have used these funds to pay for routine legal matters such as ballot access disputes and compliance requirements, Trump would be the first president in the modern campaign finance era to use such funds to cover the costs of defending himself in a criminal probe, said election law experts.

Part of the N400million was said to have been used by Metuh to fund PDP's presidential campaign for the 2015 election.

Cambridge Analytica is partly owned by hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer and played a role in Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and the connection raises continued concerns over the influence Facebook had in the election.

Given Cambridge Analytica's role working for Donald Trump's campaign in the last US presidential election, as well as the fact that thisisyourdigitallife's creator has received funding from the Russian government to study «stress, health and psychological wellbeing in social networks», it's hardly surprising these stories have blown up worldwide.

The firm, which is in part backed by hedge fund billionaire and Republican donor Robert Mercer, was brought in during the 2016 presidential election to help the Donald Trump campaign.

Cambridge Analytica, which is partly owned by hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer, played a role in Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and the connection raises continued concerns over the influence Facebook had in the election.