Sentences with phrase «disclosure of campaign contributions»

for instant online disclosure of campaign contributions (despite a history of avoiding disclosure)

Dogwood's criticism of B.C.'s lax donation system began in 2001 with the group's advocacy for public disclosure of campaign contributions.

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«Any payment by a person such as Cohen on behalf of or in consultation with a candidate to influence an election is an in - kind «contribution'to the candidate under campaign finance law subject to a $ 2,700 limit and disclosure requirements,» he said.

In a recent op - ed in the Edmonton Journal, Public Interest Alberta «s Larry Booi called on the new NDP government to institute campaign spending limits, lower contribution limits to $ 1,200 per year, impose much stronger rules on disclosure of contributions and spending and extend the rules on contributions and spending to cover party leadership and constituency contests.

Any payment by a person such as Cohen on behalf of or in consultation with a candidate to influence an election is an in - kind «contribution» to the candidate under campaign finance law subject to a $ 2,700 limit and disclosure requirements.

According to campaign disclosure reports the Erie County GOP received five separate contributions of $ 20,000 each in 2012 from Limited Liability Corporations with the same address as New York City real estate company Glenwood Management.

According to the senator's July campaign disclosure report, he has spent $ 25,000 worth of political contributions so far on legal fees — including $ 15,000 to Albany firm Greenberg Traurig.

• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.

The governor had proposed in his budget sweeping changes in the state's campaign finance system: lower contribution limits, more expensive disclosures, enhanced enforcement, and a voluntary system of public financing.

Along with vigilant enforcement of the law, disclosure of contributions, and lower contribution limits, public financing of elections can «end the mad chase for campaign cash that starts some elected officials down the road to corruption and... make candidates dependent on ordinary voters rather than special interests.»

State of the State: Gov. Cuomo Once Again Calls for Public Financing In his 2013 State of the State Address on Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reemphasized his support for comprehensive reform of the state's campaign finance laws including effective disclosure, lower contribution limits, and public financing.

The Siena Research Institute report summed it up well: «While Republicans are closely divided on public campaign financing, it is supported by a majority of independents and two - thirds of Democrats, and more than three - quarters of voters from every party support quick disclosure of contributions greater than $ 500.»

Democratic candidate Juanita Perez Williams narrowly topped independent Ben Walsh in campaign contributions raised during the first three weeks of October, according to the latest New York State Board of Elections financial disclosures.

The ethics pledge envisions a reinvigorated ethics commission with sweeping jurisdiction and subpoena power, comprehensive annual financial disclosure requirements and the creation of a panel to recommend limits on campaign contributions from individuals and organizations that solicit or obtain state business.

No one at the Espada campaign could tell me who owns the building, and the campaign's legally mandated disclosure reports do not appear to show any rent being paid, or any in - kind contribution of space.

DiNapoli has influenced corporations to make greater disclosure of political campaign contributions, and he divested some stock in gun companies after the shootings at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut.

Wooden's complaint, filed July 28th, alleged that Coleman's campaign has not reported campaign contributions or expenditures on its finance disclosure statement covering the period of July 1st to July 22nd.

The two trials laid bare many of the secrets the commission might have uncovered — with testimony about the vast, almost unilateral power exercised by legislative leaders, the way powerful real estate interests dole out campaign contributions, legal referrals and jobs to line politicians» pockets and maintain access, and how money is hidden by evading disclosure laws and funneling it through relatives, law firms and title fees.

Full disclosure: The owner of DNAinfo.com, Joe Ricketts, made a contribution to the Campaign for Primary Accountability in 2011.

It established the Federal Election Commission and increased disclosure of contributions for federal campaigns.

Other expenses include a few thousand on school supplies, which he handed out in his district a few weeks ago, $ 14,000 in contributions to other political campaigns, and $ 3,243 to the State Board of Elections for violation fees (Espada has a history of failing to file his campaign disclosure reports.)

Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled a package of ethics reform legislation that would cap outside income, strengthen disclosure requirements and close a loophole in campaign finance laws that guarantees unlimited contributions from limited liability corporations.

The legislation also limits campaign contributions across the board and requires more disclosure of donors.

The board cited Lopez's campaign for infractions that included: failing to report all financial transactions, untimely filing of mandatory financial disclosure statements, and failing to provide canceled refund checks to donors who exceeded contribution limits.

On Oct. 21, Auerbach made a contribution of $ 100 to Joe Maloney, according to state campaign disclosure records.

In real terms, these rules which exist in virtually every jurisdiction, include laws and regulations which forbid the unauthorized use of state resources for political purposes, contributions from dubious sources, violation of campaign funding limits as prescribed by enabling laws, the use of money to influence voters and election outcomes, non-disclosure of campaign spending, abuse of media, broadcasting and political advertising rules, and rules on declaration of assets, academic qualifications, health and other disclosures and internal party guidelines and rules.

Walsh enters the last weeks of the 2017 mayoral race with just under $ 366,000 in campaign contributions, per his most recent disclosure, while Perez Williams has collected about $ 180,000.

Furthermore, the bill, which was passed in a state budget agreement in early April, fails to lower sky - high campaign contribution limits, close campaign funding loopholes, or mandate greater disclosure of independent expenditures by special interest groups.

The goo - goos are again calling for widespread reforms, including creation of a voluntary system of public campaign financing, lowering of the contribution limits and full disclosure of independent expenditures.

Donald Trump has been a hit with small donors, raking in two - thirds of his individual campaign contributions in sums of $ 200 or less, according to new financial disclosures.

In the most recent financial disclosures, Perez Williams» campaign had about $ 50,000 in contributions left to spend — less than half of the money Walsh's campaign had.

The board fined the campaign for multiple transgressions, including: inaccurate or nonexistent disclosure of monies; accepting a myriad of illegal contributions; expenditures «not permissible or election related»; and comingling funds.

Irwin's campaign disclosure form reads like a «who's who» of big union players, including max - out contributions from AFSCME, the California School Employees Association, the California State Council of Laborer's PAC, the California Teachers Association, Los Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014, SEIU United Long Term Care Workers Local 6434, Service Employees International Union Local 1000, the State Building & Construction Trades Council of California and the United Nurses Association

Other proposals in the budget were lower corporate contribution limits, down to $ 1,000 per year, new limits on donations to party «housekeeping accounts» at $ 25,000 per year, detailed prohibitions on using campaign contributions for the personal benefit of a candidate, and disclosure of major donors supporting organizations engaged in independent expenditures.

Evidence and testimony showed how some lawmakers can wield their considerable power to extort benefits for themselves or others; how the weak enforcement of lax financial disclosure requirements gives legislators ample opportunity to mask illegal payments as outside income; how moneyed real estate interests spend millions of dollars in campaign contributions to influence legislation; and how power is concentrated in the hands of the so - called three men in a room: the legislative leaders and the governor.

According to a ThinkProgress analysis of Brown's latest Federal Elections Commission disclosures (part 1, part 2, part 3), filed on Jan. 8 and 11, business executives and Wall Street executives have lavished Brown's campaign coffers with 11th hour contributions.

The Nassau County Legislature, after months of reports by Newsday on contracts that went to politically connected companies, in December unanimously passed the measure that created a new political campaign contribution disclosure form to accompany all agreements up for lawmaker approval.

The forms require disclosure of contributions made by «the vendor or any corporate officer of the vendor» to the campaigns of county legislators, the county executive, county clerk, county comptroller, district attorney and all candidates for those offices.

Part of this is a routine update of campaign finance rules concerning a number of areas including, but not limited to, candidate registration and certification requirements, campaign recordkeeping, disclosure rules, contributions, and expenditures.

This study examines the impact of one of the most common features of campaign finance regulations: mandatory disclosure of contributions and contributors» personal information.

First, Solove argues that disclosure of an individual's campaign contributions violates the First Amendment.

(3) to comply with all applicable statutory requirements for disclosure and divestiture of campaign contributions.