Sentences with phrase «from electioneering»

I may here be met by an objection derived from electioneering, intrigues, the meanness of candidates, and the calumnies of their opponents.

This weekend will be the seventh Pulpit Freedom Sunday, coordinated by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) to encourage pastors to break an existing law that prohibits registered nonprofit organizations from electioneering.

Not exact matches

The 2002 law, usually called McCain - Feingold, banned the broadcast, cable or satellite transmission of «electioneering communications» paid for by corporations or labor unions from their general funds in the 30 days before a presidential primary and in the 60 days before the general elections.

The Liberals have chosen to invest much more time in electioneering than governing and this is reflected in the lack of leadership we are seeing today in B.C. Everyone from students and families to seniors and skilled workers are facing real challenges with no meaningful support from the B.C. Liberal government.»

This kind of reasoned, argued, exemplified and Bible - supported moral illumination — not electioneering and lobbying — is what American public life needs from religion.

But former Labour minister Phil Woolas» fall from grace, the result of some rather dodgy electioneering, was what caused the Oldham East and Saddleworth by - election which took place in early January.

Having critically followed the electioneering campaign in Ghana from for several years now, and particularly since 2015 for this year's elections, and having also assessed the points articulated by the presidential candidates of all the political parties, The Republic Newspaper is honoured to be endorsing the candidature of His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama for the 2016 Presidential election.

«By requiring nonprofits to disclose the extent and nature of their electioneering activities, we are protecting prospective donors from misleading solicitations, and giving voters more information about who is behind many of the ads they will see in this year's elections,» Schneiderman stated.

With Kennell saying he doesn't see the group participating in the traditional electioneering that usually defines political clubs» role in city politics, and an admission from Ciotti that the group hasn't established a strategy for accomplishing its stated goals, it's unclear exactly how the group will reach out and effect the district.

He insisted for months that he would veto lines that were gerrymandered, but in the end let stand the products of legislative electioneering in exchange for a slew of other agenda items and a constitutional amendment that somewhat wrested the redistricting pen from legislators» hands.

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said that Labour should «never be trusted» with people's money again, [95] while Labour was also accused of electioneering after Darling announced a 1.5 percent rise in Child Benefit and Disability Living Allowance from April 2010 — weeks ahead of an expected election — but made no comment on whether the rise could be sustained after April 2011.

The EC chairperson also told the editors that election results from the polling stations will also be published on the EC's website to reduce tension which usually characterizes electioneering periods in the country.

From the Taxpayer Bill of Rights spending limit of the early 1990s to the innovative electioneering that turned the red state blue in 2008, conservatives and liberals alike have used the Centennial State as a laboratory for new ideas to be tested and later replicated across the country.

«That is sharply off from what its direct spending on electioneering activities used to be,» said Michael Buelow of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, which tracks campaign spending.

Bossie's group sued the FEC, hoping to shield itself from the regulatory reach of the McCain - Feingold Act, one provision of which forbids the broadcasting of corporate - funded «electioneering communications» that mention a candidate for office in the month before a primary or general election.

Facebook's getting rocked by yet another electioneering crisis, but we still haven't heard anything from its commander - in - chief.