Sentences with phrase «means election campaigns»

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The image, which has since been deleted, was apparently meant to emphasize Clapper's assertion that he knew of no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election.

Perhaps we will see what they mean when they finally come out with the specifics of their «Balanced Budget Legislation», which they announced in their 2011 election campaign.

If the $ 130,000 payment was meant to help Trump win the election (something Cohen denies), it could count as a campaign contribution that was well in excess of federal limits.

It Could Happen Again: Congressional Republicans won't pledge not to use stolen or hacked materials in their 2018 campaigns, which means the midterm elections could again be vulnerable to malicious interference.

Giuliani also suggested that Trump's reimbursement of Cohen means the lawyer's payment to Daniels ahead of the 2016 election did not count as a campaign contribution.

At least two complaints to the Federal Election Commission allege that the money was meant to influence the presidential election and therefore amounted to an illegal in - kind contribution to the Trump cElection Commission allege that the money was meant to influence the presidential election and therefore amounted to an illegal in - kind contribution to the Trump celection and therefore amounted to an illegal in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.

Requesting that the city be given be the ability to independently establish campaign finance and disclosure rules in advance of the 2017 Municipal Election, either via the City Charter or other means.

Paying someone to be quiet so they do not damage a political effort is an in - kind contribution to that campaign, covering a cost meant to aid efforts to win the election.

Super PACs have been in the news a lot this election season, likely because it means millions of dollars can be poured in a campaign without attribution to a corporation or individual.

The nature of persuasion and the constraints of campaigning mean that only the very best candidates can hope to produce that process within the few months of a general election contest.

The populace must certainly believe so, for it is no exaggeration to say that many a gubernatorial election in Georgia has been carried by means of votes gained at barbecues, and no campaign for Governor is complete without a series of such popular feasts.

Election campaigns are meant to build up to the messy climax of election night, when voters set the country on a decisive course by clearly indicating their will to poliElection campaigns are meant to build up to the messy climax of election night, when voters set the country on a decisive course by clearly indicating their will to polielection night, when voters set the country on a decisive course by clearly indicating their will to politicians.

Some polling station agents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Kintampo North Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region, have accused their executives of diverting about GHc 37,100.00 meant for them as allowance for their contribution towards the party's campaign ahead of the 2016 general elections.

The meeting was meant to decide if the former Trump campaign staffer should testify before the whole committee at a later date about Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election.

It seems to me that what most people typically mean when they say «Trump colluded with Russia to win the election» is, quite simply, that Trump, or his campaign, knowingly met with some key people from Russia (who either were government officials, or had connections to government officials) and received help from these Russians in order to help Trump's campaign, and this particular «help» from the Russians was illicitly obtained by them in the first place (e.g. through hacking).

It seems to me that what most people typically mean when they say «Trump colluded with Russia to win the election» is, quite simply, that Trump, or his campaign, knowingly met with some key people...

This means that, when it comes to the slowly approaching general election campaign, they have to be equally critical to both their Tory partners in government and the Labour opposition.

This meant looking at polling data on voting intentions in key marginal seats, votes in the most recent local elections and the resources each party is likely to have to spend on campaigning in the area.

«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.

By all means campaign and vote for whichever candidate and party you prefer at the next election.

This means it has a robust local campaigning infrastructure, and the party should have learnt the lessons from 2010 about how to take proper advantage of a sudden upsurge in popularity at election time.

There are also Republican and Democratic candidates who plan to, at least in part, self - fund their campaigns, meaning even if they don't qualify for the primary they could use their own money to hire petitioners to force their way onto a primary or general election ballot.

[17] The figures released mean the bulk of the # 17.94 m the party spent on its general election campaign was paid for by loans from individuals.

The latter move meant it was like «running a national election campaign with someone deciding who to give the electoral register to», one campaign team member said.

Grant said historically the concept of a spoiler campaign has meant two candidates of the same ethnicity, often African American, split the demographic during an election, allowing another candidate to win.

Our continuing industrial action campaign is the best means of protecting and safeguarding the interests of teachers and state education until the next general election.

Regardless of any other advantages he possessed in the 2008 election season, Obama's ability to raise as much money as his campaign could reasonably absorb, in part by returning to the small donors who stuck with him again and again through the worst, was decisive — it elevated him to the first tier of candidates in 2007, it saw him through rough times in the Democratic primaries and it provided the means for him to absolutely overwhelm John McCain in the general election.

MyBO was particularly important in areas in which the campaign did not have professional staff, since it gave volunteers the means to create their own local campaign structure — professional field staff could «parachute in» as elections approached and immediately take over a functioning organization.

ABQ was registered with the city Campaign Finance Board as an independent expenditure — meaning it should have been uncoordinated with other election year efforts — and most of its funding came from the anti-horse carriage group New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets.

Despite bad blood between Gulino, Luthmann said his campaign was meant to help the Democratic party in an uncontested election and extolled the job Brooklyn Democratic Party county leader Frank Sedido has done.

Officials were alarmed to discover this week that instead of a four - character Chinese translation that is meant to phonetically spell the incumbent's first and last name, the eight - character translation that currently appears on the Board of Elections» District 7 ballot is the equivalent of a name that sounds nothing like Nydia Velazquez, according to her campaign spokesman George Arzt.

That means they can give up to $ 60,800 for primary and general election campaigns for statewide offices, $ 16,800 for senate races and $ 8,200 for assembly candidates, according to the state's website.

You mean sort of like how the Senate Republicans still openly embrace Joe Bruno and even accepted campaign funds from his defense account in the last election?

Recent heart surgery means he is awaiting doctors» advice on whether or not he should put himself through the strain of a full - on general election campaign.

He maintained Labour's position - which he stated during the election campaign - that leaving the EU meant leaving the single market.

The means the Senate campaigns will have to figure out a way to tell their voters to remember to cast a ballot in the special election.

Lamb says the party needs to present a clear vision of what liberalism means in the modern age, arguing that during the election campaign it talked too much about what it was not as opposed to what it was.

Following David Miliband's departure, we should reflect on what this might mean for figures like Alistair Darling and Alan Johnson in the general election campaign.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- Caroline Kennedy's $ 2,300 donation to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was not returned because of her decision to endorse Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, a Clinton aide told CNN — it was sent back because the New York senator's loss meant she would not be able to keep funds that had been contributed for her general election campaign.

To provide the usual post-election methodology note, there's not much change here — YouGov have gone back to removing don't knows rather than reallocating, meaning this is pretty much the method they used earlier in the election campaign that tended to mirror their MRP model.

«That means the $ 130k payment from Cohen to Daniels to silence her during the campaign violated federal election law.»

According to the state Board of Elections, as of January the state Democratic Senate Campaign Committee had $ 164,163 in its coffers, while the state Senate Republican Campaign Committee had more than $ 3.7 million, which means Republicans have about 22 times as much funding as their blue counterparts.

The timing of his last - minute decision — six weeks after Anthony Weiner's success at launching a viable campaign — means that throughout the election season Spitzer's sins will be measured against those of the disgraced former congressman.

The Lib Dems, though, face the unappetising prospect of an election campaign dominated by journalists asking of each of our pledges, «But do you actually mean this one?

I felt, however, that the «whispering campaign» from those bearing personal grudges against me meant that my role in the 2010 General Election was limited (at some cost to the party) and I did not help the AV referendum campaign in any significant way.

Campaign finance rules are adopted by the State Board of Elections on a four - year cycle, Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group pointed out, meaning any changes could not take effect until the 2018 legislative elections or the 2022 gubernatorial Elections on a four - year cycle, Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group pointed out, meaning any changes could not take effect until the 2018 legislative elections or the 2022 gubernatorial elections or the 2022 gubernatorial election.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said their May haul means they have $ 27.5 million in the bank for the fall election, and said their total fund - raising this cycle is $ 96.75 million.

Not sure, if this is undetAnd, labour spent more than the Tories in 2005 75 % of labours spending in 1997 came from the private side, and recall 1979 when the closed shop meant everyone had to joina Union, that union had to give money to the labour party, we knew the next election would be the most vicious since 1992 ′ we win the campaign, lost the election that time, The Tory press isn't as strong as it was then, the tories haven't got lost of «extremist» stories about labour they had thrn to smear us now, They're a smaller party not just cos of Ukip, But labour has a lot of keen strong members, and it'll come doen to 70 or so marginal seats what happens, while not losing our working class votes in Newcastle, birmingham Luton Rotherham, Scotland, and if they're not abstaining, or voting Ukip, we have to ask why they're voting tory

This means that during an election year, a party must expend a large amount of resources to gain ballot access, and exhausts them before it can campaign for governor.

The Citizens» Election Program is a voluntary program meant to remove the influence of special - interest money in campaigns.