Sentences with phrase «accept public campaign financing»

Will he accept public campaign financing in the future?

Christina Ayala has been the target of various court actions, and is now the subject of a state investigation into allegations she was using a false address while voting, campaigning and accepting public campaign financing.

Not exact matches

Shifting swiftly to the general election, Trump says he's narrowed his list of potential running mates to «five or six» people and doesn't want to accept public money to finance a fall campaign against Clinton.

Progressive leaders and Democratic state lawmakers on Tuesday said they wanted a measure overhauling campaign finance that included a public system of funding for campaigns, saying they wouldn't accept any «watered down» compromises.

He had raised $ 246,610 as of Oct. 2 without accepting matching public funds, according to the city Campaign Finance Board.

They have also shown a different approach to the use of taxpayer funds for their respective campaigns, though Malliotakis — who plans to accept public matching funds — used to criticize the city's campaign finance system as a waste of taxpayer dollars.

He opposed torture and promoted campaign finance reform, a cause that Mr. Obama injured when he broke his promise to accept public financing in the general election campaign.

Cuomo has said he intends to launch a new effort for campaign finance reform, and Samuels says he could hold public hearings and create an open process to develop legislation, as well as setting a good example on his own, by saying he won't accept any more corporate donations.

And, because Baldacci is the lone candidate not accepting public financing for the general election campaign, if he spends more than $ 400,000, the state provides dollar for dollar matching funds for Woodcock, as well as the Green and Independent party candidates.

Last month, AG Schneiderman and Comptroller DiNapoli announced the arrest of former Bronx city council candidate Albert Alvarez for allegedly accepting straw donations and stealing at least $ 4,500 in New York City Campaign Finance Board public matching funds during his unsuccessful 2013 run for Council.

But the Obama campaign — which was building its own fund - raising behemoth, even at the expense of the candidate's earlier pledge to accept public financing and the spending cap that came with it — didn't want outside interference.

MyDD's Jonathan Singer and Hotline's Jennifer Skala both pick up on a statement from Barack Obama hinting that, contrary to previous statements, he won't accept public financing because «We have created a parallel public financing system where the American people decide if they want to support a campaign they can get on the Internet and finance it...» Skala argues that since Obama isn't taking money from PACs or Washington lobbyists (state lobbyists is another issue), «What would he have to prove by signing up for public financing?»

With the possible exception of public - finance advocates, most people aren't much concerned about politicians accepting campaign contributions from individuals or businesses with whom or over whom they might have influence.

Meanwhile, the system of public financing for presidential candidates that came into being after the Watergate scandal and that once was universally accepted and respected by those seeking the presidency has been systematically shredded over the course of the last four presidential campaigns.

Wills is also accused of scamming the city Campaign Finance Board by accepting public matching funds to pay Micro Targeting for helping with Wills» failed 2009 City Council bid.

According to the claims, Facebook violated the state's 1977 campaign finance law, which states that those who accept advertising dollars from political campaigns be transparent with the public about the «exact nature and extent of the advertising services».