Sentences with phrase «electoral law»

But regardless who wins the election, a serious case can be made for the need for urgent reform of electoral laws.

There are a series of in - depth articles dealing with different aspects of elections, ranging from the changes in electoral law to the anticipated role of the internet.

Under electoral law, donations can only be made through a third party if the source of the money is made clear.

We'll never know how much the parties spent, or where, because the current electoral laws don't require this reporting.

The constitution requires parties to apply democratic principles in their internal organisation and stringent party and electoral laws define candidate selection.

# 2 is true of many countries with well - defined and long - observed electoral laws.

In electoral law there are (seemingly) strict rules and limits on what qualifies in each category.

Questions about the use of online ads, which are delivered centrally but targeted in specific constituencies too need to be part of the reform in electoral laws that are needed.

He said, «Jammeh was also urged to hand over power within constitutional deadlines, and in accordance with electoral laws of The Gambia.

The EC disqualified 13 presidential aspirants, including the PPP's Papa Kwesi Nduom from contesting in the December polls for their inability to appropriately fill their nomination forms as required by electoral laws.

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Chris Wylie has called for a parliamentary inquiry into whether the Leave campaigns broke UK electoral law by co-ordinating.

In October 2008, the Electoral Commission cleared the Conservative Party of breaking electoral law by using an MIC - funded company, Coleshill Campaigning Services (aka Constituency Campaigning Services), as a front to provide millions of pounds of services to Tories fighting marginal seats.

Lebanon's new electoral law also allowed generous campaign financing which enabled parties to win votes by offering significant material incentives varying from direct cash (between $ 40 and $ 1000), school tuition fees, gas coupons and healthcare coverage.

We contacted the DUP again, and also asked why they had accepted a donation which breached electoral law to the extent that the donor was charged a record fine; whether they knew the Electoral Commission was investigating the CRC for breaking the law at the point at which their party leader claimed «it was all kept within the rules»; and how it's possible they did proper due dillegance, as Donaldson told us they had, if it later transpired that the donors had broken the law?

This would be for a breach of the PPERA, which largely acts as the legislative and regulatory framework for electoral law in the UK.

There is also the prospect of a slew of Tory held by - elections caused by the seeming systematic breach of electoral law at the last election, predominantly in places where Ukip were pressing the Conservatives hard.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has started investigating reports that the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, flouted electoral laws during the voters» register exhibition exercise.

The Director - General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen. Sule Kazaure, has warned corps members who will be participating in the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State to shun acts that can violate electoral laws during the election.

Lawyers for Mr Sanni and ex-colleague Christopher Wyllie published a 50 - page legal opinion on Monday which they argued pointed to «a prima facie» case that Vote Leave broke electoral law during the fiercely - contested 2016 poll.

British electoral law prohibits co-ordination between different campaign organisations, which must all comply with spending limits.

«Stakeholders, especially political parties and candidates are strongly advised to ensure that they follow strictly the election timetable and guidelines being released today and also to ensure that they do not offend the state electoral law.

Whatever comes of the allegations being investigated by the Electoral Commission, there is now a considerable case for a review into electoral law in the UK as it currently stands.

As part of the NDC's eligibility criteria, the party states, among other things that a party «member shall not be qualified to contest primaries to go to parliament if he [or she] is disqualified under the national electoral laws from contesting for a parliamentary seat.»

Under Northern Irish electoral law, donor identities are secret but campaign spending is declared.

Mr Blackford said «we know that before the EU referendum the DUP received # 425,000 from the Conservative - run Constitutional Research Council (CRC)... we know some of the money was given to Aggregate IQ a reported franchise of Cambridge Analytica... the shady business of data mining and undermining electoral law goes right to the heart of the prime minister's party».

Mr Blackford said «we know that before the EU referendum the DUP received # 425,000 from the Conservative - run Constitutional Research Council (CRC)... we know some of the money was given to Aggregate IQ a reported franchise of Cambridge Analytica... the shady business of data mining and undermining electoral law goes right to the heart of the prime minister's party».

On politics, we think the trickiest votes for the region happened last year (France, Germany, the Netherlands), and while Italy faces fresh elections in March 2018, a new electoral law reduces the risk of extreme outcomes.

The highly controversial Rosatellum bis — the new Italian electoral law approved by both the centre - left and centre - right coalitions and opposed by the opposition Five Star Movement — is a mixed system very likely to produce — some might say especially designed to produce — a hung parliament.

Are we comfortable having some of the loosest electoral laws in the democratic world?

There seems to be a genuine case to (re) investigate whether electoral law is fit for purpose.

Despite the huge numbers of Ghanaians abroad, Ghana's electoral laws do not allow citizens in the diaspora to vote.

The first third consists of a series of short, informative essays on subjects such as by - elections, changes in electoral law since 2005, how the internet will shape the election and the expected demographics of the next House of Commons.

However, electoral laws demand that the winner gain more than 50 % of the vote, which none of the eight original contestants managed to achieve.

Both APC guidelines and electoral law made it compulsory for any individual in a public service employment to resign or withdraw before contesting for an elective office.

However, the Independent National Electoral Commission after investigation indicted the governor, but said he could not be prosecuted in line with electoral laws because of the immunity he currently enjoyed.

Ukip leader inadvertently broke electoral law when he failed to declare donation in kind, Electoral Commission rules

In Kaduna, we enacted our own electoral law that made provision for the electronic voting machine and card reader, everything was totally legitimized and passed by our State House of Assembly and I think every state can do the same,» he said.

According to her 29 March 2007 interview with the «Huddersfield Examiner» newspaper, she was doing the party's books, merchandising & electoral law work with little help, and had grown fed up with the lack of leadership accountability.

Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, has been fined # 200 for breaking electoral law after he failed to declare that he was getting office space free.

It would be recalled that senator Mudashir Husein, a former lawmaker in the state, was disqualified from the Osun West senatorial seat by a 5 - man screening panel constituted by the APC, due to his failure to comply with certain electoral law and party's guidelines.

«It is not sensible to simply say the job can not be done - we must remember that while the last three years at the Home Office have been its worst three years in its two centuries of existence, previous home secretaries have managed to run the Home Office even when it had more responsibilities (including electoral law and the BBC),» he said.

One of the more interesting points of NYC electoral law is the ability to challenge a candidate's designating petitions, and this year no one is above suspicion.

Back in February, an openDemocracy investigation found that donors had taken advantage of Northern Ireland's secretive electoral laws to funnel hundreds of thousands of pounds to the DUP's pro-Brexit campaign.

Co-ordination between campaign groups is illegal under UK electoral law unless their expenditure is counted together — a law designed to ensure that no one can get around campaign spending limits by setting up front groups.

According to him, the country's electoral laws grant exclusive rights to the Commission to seek clarification on details of political parties such as their source of funding.

The opposition party also claimed that the amendment of the state's electoral laws few days to the polls by the Lagos State House of Assembly is illegal.

«We know that the system as it's currently structured under our state law literally can not keep up with the reality of our modern democracy,» de Blasio said, bemoaning the state's «arcane» electoral laws kept in place by entrenched lawmakers in Albany.

It is not through the invocation of a substantive electoral right contained in the Treaties that Member States are restricting that the issue falls within Union law — rather it is an implicit obligation contained in Article 14 (3) TEU as reflected in the 1976 Act that elections be universal and direct; it is a general obligation placed on Member States to ensure the democratic integrity of EP elections that catches electoral law and subjects it to review under the Charter.