Sentences with phrase «of elections expenditure»

Below is an analysis of his campaign spending based on the Board of Elections expenditure «Purpose» codes that the campaign itself elects to use.

Yakubu, who decried the huge outlay on personnel cost during elections, said that 86 percent of election expenditure was mapped out for payment of election allowances to personnel.

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He recommended a ««who - gives - what» transparency in real time (not after the damage has been done), shareholder disclosure of all corporate political expenditures and public financing of congressional elections.»

That would appear to make Cohen's payments an excessive contribution to Trump's campaign, as well as an unreported campaign expenditure, both violations of federal election law.

Your election platform already includes $ 3 billion in savings from a review of programs and tax expenditures.

Under federal campaign finance law, any expenditures by a candidate or someone working on behalf of a candidate must be reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

A surplus of only $ 200 million is now forecast for 2015 - 16, down $ 3.5 billion from the surplus of $ 3.7 billion forecast in its April 2013 Update, leaving the Government little flexibility to introduce new policy initiatives, or honour its 2011 election promises of introducing new tax expenditures, in advance of the 2015 election.

Matthew Sanderson, who served as a campaign finance lawyer for the 2008 McCain - Palin campaign, said the timing of the payment «strongly suggests it was related to the election, and therefore is either a contribution, or at least a reportable expenditure by the campaign».

Federal campaign finance law defines «expenditures» as any funds spent «for the purpose of influencing» federal elections.

The law requires all campaign expenditures be reported to election regulators — but, of course, this payment to Daniels wasn't — though Cohen claims Trump knew nothing about it.

The GDP and retail sales data, pointing to more cautious expenditure by US households, contrasted with readings for consumer confidence, which generally showed little sign of dipping from the elevated levels seen since the US election.

The same question is then applied to other matters: to U.S. support of Israel; to U.S. opposition to the election of Hamas in Palestine; to the history of U.S. involvement in Iran over the past century; to the invasion and reconstitution of Afghanistan; to the depiction of events in the Middle East by U.S. media; and to the military expenditures of the U.S. government.

An independent expenditure committee backed by the United Federation of Teachers is making a last - minute push for Democrat Todd Kaminsky in the special election to replace Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

«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.

And while the largest expenditure category in many campaigns is on TV advertising, there are also posters, billboards, lawn signs, leaflets, buttons and all kinds of other material that still flowers bountifully in the USA, especially in the late stages of close elections.

Making any contribution or donation of money or other thing of value, or making any expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement in connection with any federal, state or local election in the United States;

Cuomo called for lowering contribution limits; requiring that all contributions of more than — including to independent expenditure entities — be disclosed within 48 hours, or 24 hours close to Election Day; and creating a publicly funded campaign finance system.

So far, no SRCC reports are appearing on the state Board of Elections website, so it's possible there are direct expenditures on the race by the committee on Storobin's behalf that haven't yet appeared on - line.

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».

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court found that New Yorkers Together, which is funded by the Communications Workers of America, and a UFT organization called Teachers for Todd, were operating in violation of independent expenditure rules spelled out in the state election law.

Two independent expenditure groups that have been raising and spending money on behalf of freshman Democratic Sen. Todd Kaminsky in the 9th SD on Long Island have been banned by an eleventh hour legal decision from doing any further activity in this election cycle.

Because of the way Maryland election law works, however, the Task Force Action Fund's registration as independent expenditure committee meant that Penn National Gaming was effectively able to hide this expenditure during the time the legislature considered whether to press forward with the measure.

They've talked about wave elections, millennial voters, the state of the Republican Party, independent expenditures and specific states.

Of the $ 6.4 in independent expenditures reported to the Federal Election Commission, almost 90 % ($ 5.7 million) has been spent against the candidates.

While the level of outside expenditures in 2013 was also high, the CFB says that its disclosure requirements — which were recently tightened further — reduced the influence of dark money in the city elections.

Finally, under new Racing, Pari - mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 1330 - a, any current gaming licensee who spends more than $ 1,000 supporting or opposing the November referendum on casino gambling must file their expenditure reports with the Gaming Commission as well as with the state Board of Elections.

A bill sponsored by state Sen. Terry Gipson would only allow expenditures «promoting the nomination or election of a candidate» or for carrying the duties of public office, and would more clearly define the «personal use» ban to cover a range of specific non-campaign-related expenses, including mortgage and rental payments, clothing, cars and sporting events and concerts.

notwithstanding, there is a proper format for tallying unitemized expenditures on campaign filings, Conklin said, noting that the Board of Elections holds seminars on how to accurately file such reports.

[4] The organization makes independent expenditures to influence elections based on a candidate's stated education policies and how those policies align with those of the NEA.

During the 2016 election cycle, the NEA Advocacy Fund spent a total of $ 4,809,168 in independent expenditures.

Organizations making independent political expenditures over $ 1,000 would have to disclose the name of the person or group behind the spending, and report all major contributors (those that donated over $ 1,000) to the Board of Elections.

Such discrepancies notwithstanding, there is a proper format for tallying unitemized expenditures on campaign filings, Conklin said, noting that the Board of Elections holds seminars on how to accurately file such reports.

Loeb's financial support of the Senate Republicans has been widely reported, as has his contribution to the IDC and his donations to a pro-charter school independent expenditure that spent heavily on behalf of members of both conferences in the last election cycle and helped keep them in power.

In addition, although the investigation of independent expenditure groups was part of the commission's mandate, the governor's staff allegedly told commissioners not to mention a pro-Cuomo organization, the Committee to Save New York — which spent more than $ 16 million on lobbying and elections without fully disclosing the source of its contributions — in their final report.

To conceal the payments and to avoid public scrutiny of his decision to retain the staffer for campaign work — the state contends Maziarz and others falsely reported the expenditures on five separate filings with the Board of Elections.

The committee's list of expenditures is filed with the Florida Division of Elections.

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.

More information regarding contributions and expenditures in the state races will be available following the state Board of Election's July 15th filing deadline.

It is unclear what services the campaign sought from the company, but expenditures labeled by the Board of Elections can include «pollster fees, telephones and voter lists.»

They include a pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race, new disclosure rules for independent expenditure groups, and the creation of an independent office at the State Board of Elections charged with enforcing the state's oft - flouted election laws.

Under the legislation, the IE entities would have to make weekly disclosures of contributions of more than $ 1,000 and expenditures of more than $ 5,000 made 30 days before a primary, general or special election.

The same group of people and organizations contributed just $ 444,604 to Senate Democrats or independent expenditure committees that supported Democrats in this year's election cycle.

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.

State law prohibits the expenditure of party funds to assist a candidate before the Sept. 13 primary, and Mr. Rosenbaum has filed a complaint against the committee with the State Elections Board.

To conceal the payments — and to avoid public scrutiny of his decision to retain the former staffer for work on campaigns — the state contends Maziarz and others falsely reported the expenditures on five separate filings with the State Board of Elections.

According to the Sunlight Foundation, in the 2012 election cycle, the Independence USA PAC spent a grand total of $ 8,230,464.22 in independent expenditures, distributed as follows: $ 5,113,575.51 for Democrats, $ 296,161.40 against Democrats, $ 2,080,927.42 for Republicans, and $ 739,799.89 against Republicans.

We need «who - gives - what» transparency in real time (not after the damage has been done), shareholder disclosure of all corporate political expenditures and public financing of congressional elections.

By prohibiting government from restricting people and corporations from creating unlimited independent expenditure campaigns capable of funneling billions of dollars into election cycles, this decision undid a century's worth of state and federal campaign finance reform.

He also slammed de Blasio for staying silent on the independent expenditure while railing against the flow of corporate money in elections for years in his role as public advocate.

The Justice Department's investigation of Maziarz» campaign fund examined more than $ 137,000 in checks written to «cash,» including roughly $ 60,000 in expenditures not reported to the Board of Elections, according to a person briefed on the case.