Sentences with phrase «political campaign activities»

She noted that New York State has a policy «regarding the need to separate political campaign activities by state employees from the conduct of official state business.»

Just last week, the Federal Election Commission, which regulates political campaign activity, voted to begin writing rules that detail the kinds of disclaimers they will require on online and mobile political ads to identify sponsors.

Currently, IRS laws prohibits political campaign activity by charities and churches by defining a 501 (c)(3) organization as one «which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.»

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The same committee member, Paul Farrelly, who earlier pressed Kogan about why he hadn't bothered to find out which political candidates stood to be the beneficiary of his data harvesting and processing activities for Cambridge Analytica, put it to Schroepfer that Facebook's own actions in how it manages its business activities — and specifically because it embeds its own staff with political campaigns to help them use its tools — amounts to the company being «Dr Kogan writ large».

These include activities considered intervention under the Internal Revenue Code in any political campaign, such as direct and indirect political contributions to candidates, political parties, or political organizations; independent expenditures; or electioneering communications on behalf of federal, state, or local candidates.

Influencer marketing and building grassroots networks on social media are both common activities for a modern political campaign.

Americans for Financial Reform reported that the financial sector spent $ 2 billion on political activity in the 2016 election cycle, including $ 1.1 billion in campaign donations and the rest for lobbying.

They have done this through academic research, their own political activity and commentary, and involvement in election campaign strategy.

And in 2004, the FEC told a member of Congress via an advisory opinion that his foreign national fiancée was prohibited from participating in the congressman's «decisions regarding his campaign activities» and that his fiancée «must also refrain from managing or participating in the decisions» of the congressman's political committees.

All IRC section 501 (c)(3) organizations, including churches and religious organizations, must abide by certain rules: ■ their net earnings may not inure to any private shareholder or individual, ■ they must not provide a substantial benefit to private interests, ■ they must not devote a substantial part of their activities to attempting to influence legislation, ■ they must not participate in, or intervene in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office, and ■ the organization's purposes and activities may

I was told that the president of the Dominican Republic was coming to a nearby town, close to one of the battelas for some political activity for his re-election campaign and I was invited as the local priest to make a prayer invocation.

The IRS had little interest in 501 (c)(4) political activities until the 2002 McCain - Feingold campaign - finance reform.

The scope of our public policy and government relations activities includes our participation in trade associations and support of political candidates and campaigns at the local, state and federal levels.

JCOPE asked a court to compel the Campaign for One New York, a political nonprofit connected to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, to hand over documents related to its lobbying and fund - raising activities after the group's lawyer declared last week that he would not comply with the panel's subpoena.

In particular, Ari highlights the distinct differences between this «permanent field campaign» and the traditional activities of political parties between elections.

Let's look next at the essentials of online political campaigning, including the basic tools and activities involved and the resources needed.

A campaign would naturally deny any such intention, but it's hardly the only way political groups have used the Internet to bypass restrictions on political activity.

At the same time, Gabryszak in essence ran his political and campaign activities out of his Assembly district office, as opposed to a separate campaign or Democratic committee headquarters.

«Registration with the Charities Bureau is one existing mechanism that can help shed light on 501c4 organizations engaging in this political activity, though campaign communications and expenditures by veiled third - party entities and individuals should be disclosed in a manner similar to candidate campaign committees.»

But the group's funding structure, campaigning activities and the political motives of its key proponents raise significant questions as to who it is really for.

There has also been a lot of activity of political campaigns starting MySpace pages.

At an event sponsored by the Brennan Center and New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD)-- a coalition of business, civic and philanthropic leaders who favor campaign finance reform — New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman unveiled new disclosure requirements for non-profits engaging in political activities.

Vice President of Organizing: The Vice President of Organizing serves as the lead organizer for all major political and election campaign activity organized by NKD.

The loyalty clause, which was added in 2002, prohibits the following activities, by a committee member, involving candidates other than the party's endorsed candidate: circulating nominating petitions; appearing in advertising; permitting the committee member's name to be used in advertising or on stationery; directly or indirectly contributing financially to a campaign; and appearing at political functions, meetings or support groups organized by a rival candidate.

During the previous administration, not only President Goodluck Jonathan, but most governors used security votes extensively for security and other various activities including funding of political campaigns.

Brent Ferguson of The Brennan Center for Justice said that he believed Cuomo's legislation would only cover nonprofit advocacy groups, a certain class of 501 (c) 4s, if they engage in «political activity» during campaign season.

It also comes as the consulting and lobbying firm, which had guided NYCLASS» political activities and press, has endured a barrage of bad reports related to campaign activities last year.

We shall select a three - member committee to coordinate party activities at the regional level by gathering updated information from all the former MMDCEs in the region about political and developmental issues to the Central Coordinating Unit (CCU) to be used by the National Executive Committee to formulate strategies, programmes and campaign messages for victory 2020 and beyond.

Governor Andrew Cuomo says he will soon introduce legislation to regulate electioneering activities by some not - for - profits that have become increasingly influential players in funding political campaigns.

They largely focused instead on the activities of the campaigns, with close to half of the 571 news items we examined primarily about the process of campaigning, such as staged walkabouts, Remain and Leave strategies, or internal party political squabbles.

The political mobile messaging firm Revolution Messaging and NGP VAN, a technology provider for Democratic campaigns, unveiled a new partnership Wednesday that will enable campaigns to move their digital activities to... Read More

De Blasio's political activities are being investigated in part over the practice of funneling donations to county committees, which in turn aided Democratic candidates running in key swing districts and potentially purposely circumvented campaign donations.

This includes any activity considered intervention in a political campaign under the Internal Revenue Code, such as direct and indirect contributions to political candidates, parties, or organizations, and independent expenditures or electioneering communications on behalf of federal, state, or local candidates.

Easing political activity rules for churches also raises questions about whether churches could be pulled into the campaign finance sphere and effectively become «dark money» committees that play partisan politics without disclosing donors.

Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Prof. Rufai Ahmed Alkali, who addressed Journalists yesterday, explained that information gathered by the committee will help his office to put into check the activities of groups campaigning for the president.

Reacting to the various verbal attacks fired against each other by various political camps engaged in campaign activities for the Anambra governorship election, the CLO said that nothing could be so callous than people playing politics with human blood.

FEC also reminded party faithfuls that «internal electoral processes that allow members to engage in campaign and other political activities had not yet been officially launched.»

According to Citizens Union executive director Dick Dadey, «registration with the Charities Bureau is one existing mechanism that can help shed light on 501 (c)(4) organizations engaging in this political activity, though campaign communications and expenditures by veiled third - party entities and individuals should be disclosed in a manner similar to candidate campaign committees.»

As smartphones decline in cost and adoption rates continue to rise, people will come to engage in political activity on their mobile phones more and more frequently — meaning campaigns will be seeking mere snippets of time from supporters on the go, but they may gain access with an unprecedented level of immediacy.

The FEC reminded party faithfuls that «internal electoral processes that allow members to engage in campaign and other political activities had not yet been officially launched.»

«But I hope my decades of political activity, my high profile, my training work, my recruiting work, my campaigning work and my fundraising work across 18 years in the Liberal Democrats qualify me to be the president that this party wants.»

Lawyers for the Campaign for One New York, the defunct nonprofit that backed NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's political agenda, will comply with a broad new subpoena from JCOPE seeking information about the nonprofit's donors and activities, the mayor said.

As has been the tradition, the various political parties marshal resources to fund their campaign activities during elections from several sources including their own wealthy members.

A Buffalo News examination of campaign finance reports found Steve Pigeon involved with at least 12 different entities that spent more than $ 5.2 million to support favored candidates and political organizations and activities over the past 15 years.

The spending often went beyond contributions to charities, universities and other political committees, which are the most common types of activity from the campaign accounts of former officials, according to a Newsday review.

The amount appears to be more than double the previous record for spending by any lobbying client during these months, a time of year when most political activity is directed toward elections and lobbying campaigns rarely top a few hundred thousand dollars, according to information maintained by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

In this case, Mr Hunter did not distinguish clearly enough between his Parliamentary and party political roles and as a result I conclude that he breached the rules by using the Communications Allowance, albeit largely indirectly, to support his party political or campaigning activities.»

The investigation is also looking into fundraising activities for Mayor Bill de Blasio's defunct nonprofit that advanced his political agenda, the Campaign for One New York.

Jones pays particular attention to Cameron's years working for Norman Lamont and Michael Howard in the 1990s (when he was covering those politicians» activities for the BBC on a daily basis) and later in the book - after dealing with the 2005 Tory leadership election, Brown replacing Blair, the political attitudes of the Murdoch press and Expenses-gate - he devotes whole chapters to both the TV debates and the role of the leaders» wives in a modern British election campaign.

HARLEM — Voters believe that Mayor Bill de Blasio «does favors for developers who make political contributions to campaigns in which he is involved,» but a majority feel the activities are just unethical and not illegal, a new poll shows.