Sentences with phrase «as a political committee»

Citizens Union's report found that 224 political clubs failed to register as political committees with the NY State Board of Elections, and that millions of contributions and expenditures have gone unreported.

A Citizens Union report in 2013 found 224 such clubs had not filed as political committees despite being required to by law.

The suit says Paul Ryan - aligned American Action Network violated campaign law by operating as a political committee while registering as a social welfare organization.

Pennsylvania defines any group that spends money or receives contributions in support of or opposition to a ballot measure as a political committee.

That misdemeanor guilty plea in Lockport City Court required Maziarz to contribute $ 3,733 to the League of Women Voters of the Buffalo Metropolitan Area, pay a $ 500 fine and barred him from serving as a political committee officer until 1997.

In the first, the FEC rejected arguments that the popular political blog Daily Kos should be regulated as a political committee because it charges a fee to accept advertising while providing «a gift of free advertising and candidate media services» through blog entries that support candidates.

In New York, the group would be required to register as a political committee, and election law requires a political committee report the names of its donors.