According to the indictment, they used an independent expenditure committee, the WNY Progressive Caucus, to raise
money on behalf of candidates and circumvent campaign contribution limits.
According to the complaint, the independent expenditure committee raised and spent
money on behalf of candidates in order to circumvent contribution limits and also falsified its report to the state Board of Elections.
In a techPresident column posted yesterday evening, Nancy Scola raised some excellent questions about MySpace's plans to offer political campaigns new fundraising tools, including ones designed to allow supporters to raise
money on behalf of a candidate.
By law, Super PACs can raise and spend unlimited amounts of
money on behalf of a candidate as long as their is no coordination with the campaign itself.
Not exact matches
This year, Hillary Clinton's team raised hundreds
of millions
of dollars online, built a massive data and human infrastructure to turn out their voters, invested their
money in targeted TV advertising, created opportunities for volunteers to work in their own social circles
on behalf of the
candidate — all pieces Obama had shown should work.
Conversely, as supporters waver, they may be less likely to take concrete actions
on behalf of the
candidate, in this case spending
money for gear.
The OSCE observers together with EU representatives and other foreign observers, have criticized among other things the use
of government resources
on behalf of the Party
of the Regions, the inability
of opposition
candidates to get television air time, the deployment
of oligarchs»
money to influence the campaign and the absolute lack
of transparency, in particular non-transparent vote counting.
The 2004 election cycle saw a dramatic rise in the number and size
of nonprofit organizations that bought TV ads, organized voter turnout drives and conducted political «education» campaigns that were effectively working
on behalf of (or against) one
candidate or party, and because they used «soft
money» in the process, their donors weren't limited in how much they could give and didn't fall under the strict disclosure rules required when trying to influence an election.
Granted, the Senate GOP's soft
money housekeeping account is yet to file and could show more cash expended
on behalf of Republican
candidates.
Flags would be raised, according to David, if a
candidate forms or raises
money «
on behalf of an entity that later makes expenditures» backing them in an election.
The
money it spent
on behalf of these
candidates represented only a small percentage
of the contributions it had received at the time, it had a history
of getting involved in Senate races, and it helped Senate hopefuls through independent expenditures, rather than direct transfers.
And,
of course, they transfer housekeeping
money into various political accounts, and then transfer it out to
candidates or spend it
on their
behalf.
Federal law allows leeway for
money from a party's «federal account» — which is regulated by the FEC and intended to promote election
of federal
candidates for Congress — to be spent
on «federal election activity» such as «get - out - the - vote» activities
on behalf of congressional
candidates that also could benefit a
candidate for state office.
Mr. Finkelstein was among the first political strategists in the late 1970s to grasp the potential
of a United States Supreme Court ruling that allowed putatively independent political committees to spend
money on behalf of individual
candidates and causes.
More than half
of that
money was spent
on behalf of two
candidates: incumbent Democrat Laurie Cumbo
of District 35, who was the beneficiary
of $ 122,465, and Keith Powers, the winner
of a crowded, «open» Council primary in District 4, who was the beneficiary
of $ 110,988.
As
of this morning, the Finch and Dwire campaigns have attracted a total
of $ 599,000 in donations or
money spent by Assembly campaign committees
on the
candidates»
behalf.
Democrats also question if big
money pumped into Senate races
on behalf of Republican
candidates will be there given a recent scandal that is causing the deep - pocketed Families for Excellent Schools - Advocacy to shut down.
Candidates that receive funding assistance from the Arizona K12 Center, but do not fulfill the
candidate obligations listed in the Terms and Conditions portion
of their funding application are obligated to repay any AZK12
monies paid
on their
behalf.
Candidates who receive funding assistance from the Arizona K12 Center, but do not fulfill the
candidate obligations listed in the Terms and Conditions portion
of their scholarship application are obligated to repay any AZK12
monies paid
on their
behalf.
DFER is used as a political action committee and a «dark -
money» bundling group that has poured millions
of dollars into political campaigns
on behalf of candidates who support the Common Core, the Common Core testing scam and the privatization
of public educations through the massive expansion
of charter schools.