Sentences with phrase «own election expenses»

«Mr. Kinsella will see that the trains run on time, that the graphics are co-ordinated, the phone lines are in and the election expenses legislation complied with.»

First, it will lift the threat of possible by - elections that could be triggered by the ongoing police investigation into allegations that the Conservative Party systematically over-spent in the 2015 election and far exceeded legal restrictions on election expenses in more than 10 seats.

A candidate must, at the same time as filing a return of election expenses under section 205K, file with the Electoral Commission a return setting out --

Within 90 working days after polling day, a party secretary must file a return of the party's election expenses with the Electoral Commission.

The maximum amount that a party may be paid in donations made to the Electoral Commission for the benefit of that party during a specified period is 10 % (excluding any interest paid under section 208E (2)-RRB- of the maximum amount of election expenses allowed under section 206C (1) to be incurred by a party that is listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote and that has a candidate contesting every electoral district.

Of course, another reason could be that in the last Parliament more than half the MPs were found guilty of overclaiming on election expenses.

The candidate must file a return of election expenses with the Electoral Commission within 85 working days after election result day.

The Conservative party has been at the centre of an election expenses scandal for over a year.

In the meantime, the prime minister re-elected in 2015 has melted away, while the election expenses scandal continues to lap at the door of No 10 Downing Street.

But, on the evening of the count an exasperated Nigel Farage, interviewed by Channel 4 News political correspondent Michael Crick, raised the first concerns about Conservative election expenses — which, he suggested, might have breached the # 100,000 limit for campaign spending in a byelection.

The Electoral Commission has not yet stated in public if it will widen its inquiries as the Conservatives have asked, but the Labour MP Cat Smith is being investigated over her election expenses return.

Two years ago, Cahill demanded the county take over ever - increasing Safety Net (welfare) charges to the towns and the city and the cost of administering local election expenses in exchange for his allowing the bill authorizing the 1 percent add - on to reach the Assembly floor for a vote.

Kevin Cahill, in demanding Safety Net relief for Kingston and the towns, also sought to have the county pick up an estimated $ 600,000 local share of what he termed «rapidly expanding» election expenses.

I suppose the argument will be made that without the evil Cahill gumming up the works (in exchange for Safety Net and election expense relief of the towns), the county would have pulled in at least another $ 3.8 million.

As a result of an electoral agreement with the Labour Party, [2] «Labour and Co-operative Party» candidates receive financial help with election expenses from the Co-operative Party, including funding parliamentary candidates.

Conservative chairman Patrick McLoughlin appears to be feeling the pressure as his party has been fined a record # 70,000 for breaking election expenses rules.

«Notwithstanding the fact the CPS say there is not the evidence, the high bar of evidence, to prove criminal intent, there is lots to suggest that the Tories were «at it» when it came to how they were allocating election expenses in some constituencies.»

Q: Do you agree with the Tory chairman Patrick McLoughlin that those who complained about election expenses were «politically motivated» and did nothing wrong?

The county takes the position that having granted the city and towns some $ 30 million a year in safety net and election expenses as agreed to under the 2014 one - percent sales - tax extender, it needs money «to offset critical county expenses,» according to the joint release.

A cabinet minister has said he has «every reason to suppose» the Conservatives properly reported their 2015 general election expenses amid allegations the party breached campaign spending rules.

A Conservative candidate facing charges over his 2015 General Election expenses has denied he did anything wrong.

Last year, Cahill held up legislative passage for two months in exchange for the county taking over safety net and election expenses from the towns and the city.

When Cahill made his willingness to move sales - tax legislation through the state legislature, a transfer of almost $ 5 million a year, conditional on county safety - net takeover and elections expenses from the towns, his critics accused him of hubris, just short of abuse of office.

The county takes the position that having granted the city and towns some $ 30 million a year in Safety Net and election expenses as agreed to under the 2014 1 percent sales tax extender deal, it needs money «to offset critical county expenses,» according to the joint release.

Hein noted that the county has picked up some $ 22 million of city and town Safety Net and election expenses over the past four years — and anticipates spending $ 32 million over the next four.

«We have other expenses that have gone up... [more] than the costs that were saved through the efficiencies generated by the county takeover» of welfare and election expenses, Quigley said.

When Cahill made his willingness to move sales tax legislation through the state legislature, a transfer of almost $ 5 million a year, conditional on county Safety Net takeover and elections expenses from the towns, his critics accused him of hubris, just short of abuse of office.

The Tories claim other parties should also be scrutinised by the police for election expense irregularities during the general election.

Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister and SNP leader, has claimed that May called the snap election in part because she feared that numerous MPs would be prosecuted for fraud over their election expenses and implied the Conservatives may have «bought» the last election.

Speaking at the Scottish TUC conference in Aviemore, Sturgeon implied the Conservatives may have «bought» the last election, referring to a police investigation into the party's election expenses in the 2015 campaign.

Section 221 reads, «No association, other than a political party, shall canvass for votes for any candidate at any election or contribute to the funds of any political party or to the election expenses of any candidate at an election».

Newark Council chief exec confirms to #C4News that Notts police have asked to see Conservative by - election expense declaration and returns

Chances are that most of your election expenses won't have to come out of your pocket.

Not exact matches

Make smart tax elections Under the tax law, most expenses incurred in business are deductible, while most income is taxable (there are, of course, some exceptions).

In this case, though, the client who apparently reimbursed the expense was running for president and the money was paid just days before the election.

When it was all over, the tally of alleged wrongdoing cited here today, assigned to one party or another, included unpaid taxes (NDP), abusing election laws (Conservatives), improperly taking money from charities (Liberals), improperly claimed expenses (Liberals), illegal campaign debts (Liberals), illegal political donations (NDP), flouting Hill security (NDP), a potentially illegal cheque (Conservatives), secrecy (Conservatives) and sabotaging the committee to select the parliamentary budget officer (Conservatives).

The Trump campaign spent nearly $ 700,000 in legal consulting fees — or about 15.5 % of its total expenses between April 1 and June 30, according to the latest Federal Election Commission report.

The Argentinian National Electoral Chamber (CNE), which is in charge of overseeing the elections and auditing campaign contributions and expenses, initiated an «internal investigation» following the scandal revealed by British TV Channel 4.

This settlement should have been considered a campaign expense «because the funds were paid for the purpose of influencing the 2016 presidential general election,» Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance expert at the group, said in a letter addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.

If true, the payment for arguably a campaign - related expense (silencing a porn star days before the election) could constitute an illegal loan to the campaign by Michael Cohen and an unreported expenditure by Trump.

«Trump's election should have triggered alarm bells in Ottawa about the dangers of pursuing trade agreements that promote corporate interests at the expense of the public's.

In the context of the industry reaction to the election outcome, it is interesting to compare expense returns with the submit - war election cycle.

And under the bill, a PAC must apply for registration with Elections Alberta when it has incurred expenses of $ 1000 or plans to incur political action expenses of at least $ 1000, or when it has accepted contributions of $ 1000 or plans to accept contributions of at least $ 1000.

The expenditures upon which we seek a report are those that Congress has said to not warrant a deduction as an ordinary and necessary business expense, namely, lobbying, participation in the political system by supporting or opposing candidates for office, and trying to influence the general public or segment thereof as to elections, legislative matters or referenda.

The expense of elections forces this consideration to the forefront for many who would prefer to act in less distorted ways.

He wrote: «Winning the presidential election is vitally important, but not at the expense of what we hold most dear.»

In this view the expenses scandal's impact was to dampen the importance of the national debate when it came to election time.

In the short term, including the period leading up to the general election, the pressure is likely to assert itself in terms of the willingness of voters to elect independent candidates - especially in constituencies where the sitting MP has been named in the expenses saga.

Ultimately therefore the decision to extend voting rights to younger people will depend on both whether Labour wins the next election and crucially whether the party sees it as advantageous to increase its vote share slightly at the expense of becoming more reliant on a coalition of disparate interests.

A candidate must pay his share of the expenses of the election before his name is placed on the ballot.