Sentences with phrase «expenditures of political parties»

In addition, public funding schemes regulate spending of candidates but do not limit the expenditures of political parties or other private interest groups.

Not exact matches

These activities include direct and indirect political contributions to candidates, political parties or political organizations; independent expenditures; or electioneering communications on behalf of a federal, state or local candidate.

These include activities considered intervention under the Internal Revenue Code in any political campaign, such as direct and indirect political contributions to candidates, political parties, or political organizations; independent expenditures; or electioneering communications on behalf of federal, state, or local candidates.

Kraft Heinz and the Kraft Heinz PAC do not support Presidential campaigns, judicial candidates, super PACs or make contributions to independent expenditure committees, which is defined as money spent to support a political candidate, but not at the suggestion or request of the candidate, the candidate's authorized committee or a political party.

«The difference between Len's position and Ed's is that Len believes a political party can win an election on a platform of promising no cuts, no job losses and continued levels of public expenditure.

Expenditure is «controlled» if it is spending on election activities which «can reasonably be regarded as intended to influence voters to vote for or against political parties or categories of candidates including those parties and categories of candidates who support or do not support particular policies or issues».

«He's a former executive director of the New York Republican Party and Rick Lazio campaign manager, and the RSLC says he'll «play a key role in directing all RSLC political expenditures, expected to exceed $ 21 million for the cycle.»

«Independent expenditures tend not to be particularly as big in New York as say the LLC Loophole or housekeeping accounts,» said Blair Horner of The New York Public Interest Research Group, referring to political party accounts not subject to the same campaign finance limits as candidate campaigns.

Such personal use will be defined as expenditures that are exclusively for personal benefit of the candidate or any other individual, not in connection with a political campaign or holding of a public office or party position.

(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election of officers be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all enrolled Democrats residing in the political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request of any member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed by an officer of the organization designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement of all candidates for party position or public office in the party primary be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization.

This includes any activity considered intervention in a political campaign under the Internal Revenue Code, such as direct and indirect contributions to political candidates, parties, or organizations, and independent expenditures or electioneering communications on behalf of federal, state, or local candidates.

It was the first federal law to establish public disclosure of financial spending by political parties (but not candidates) by requiring the national committees of political parties to file post-election reports regarding their contributions to individual candidates and their own individual expenditures.

PACs may make unlimited expenditures independently of a candidate or political party

The Electoral Commission published the financial accounts of UIK political parties with an annual income or expenditure of # 250,000 or less today.

Other bills to be transmitted by the Senate include: Authorisation of Expenditure in absence of Appropriation Bill, Financial Autonomy of State Legislatures Bill, the Legislature Bill, Political Parties and Electoral Matters Bill, the Nigeria Police Force Bill and Restriction of Tenure of President and Governor Bill.

The recent Board of Elections decision nullifies the aggregate contribution cap regarding donations to all candidates, parties, and political action committees, in addition to independent expenditure groups.

«While it's well - intentioned by them,» said Mike Reich, a member of the Queens party who presided over the meeting, «the executive committee has voted to table this because the additional expenses would be astronomical and the restrictions on it would hamper the ability of the political party to operate in an election time where you have to make quick expenditures in response to Republicans — as you know, Republicans can drop a million dollars in a district in a blink of an eye — and we have to be able to respond.»

A review of the expenditure reports and donations for the Independence Party demonstrates the potential that funds may have been used for the collection of signatures in the currently contested Republican Party primary that is being waged by Legislator Frank Sparaco in a continuing strategy to consolidate political power under Vinny Reda and himself and thereby thwart reform.

In addition a review of the expenditure reports and donations for the Independence Party that are on public file demonstrated the potential that funds from the Independence Party may have been used for the collection of signatures in the contested Republican Party primary that was being waged by Legislator Frank Sparaco with the help of Clarkstown's Superintendent of Highways, Wayne Ballard, in a continuing strategy to consolidate political power under Vinny Reda and himself and thereby thwart reform.

Included in the Bill is a requirement for unions to disclose: a yearly balance sheet indicating their assets, liabilities, income and expenditures; the details of all transactions over $ 5,000, including the name and address of each party, a statement regarding the purpose of the transaction, and a description of each transaction; a statement indicating the total disbursements, including salary, made to each employee, contractor, officer, director or trustee; and a statement indicating the percentage of time each employee, contractor, officer, director or trustee dedicates to political activities.

The focus on the political — on the effect for the Conservative Party and the PMO from Duffy's profligate expenditures — made the legal and moral ramifications of their handling of the situation invisible.

Adding a grant from the REALTOR ® Party to political action funds of its own, the association supported REALTOR ® champion Manh Nguyen, a Vietnamese - American businessman, with a powerful and positive independent expenditure campaign.

The Federal Election Commission Regulations define independent expenditure as expenditure for a communication «expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate that is not made in cooperation, consultation, or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate, a candidate» $ ™ s authorized committee, or their agents, or a political party or its agents.»