Sentences with phrase «under federal election»

Because under Federal Election Commission regulations, PACs can contribute no more than $ 5,000 per candidate per election, «the amount of money we give to members of Congress is a drop in the bucket in terms of their overall fund - raising efforts,» he says.

Whether the company's American ventures violated election laws would depend on foreign employees» roles in each campaign, and on whether their work counted as strategic advice under Federal Election Commission rules.

According to The Hill, celebrities such as Danny DeVito, Jack Black, Jon Hamm, Nicolas Cage, Jerry Seinfeld, and Leonardo DiCaprio have all contributed the maximum amount allowed under federal election law to the Grimes campaign.

He also noted just over half of his small donations — contributions under $ 200 are not itemized under Federal Election Commission rules — come from the district.

But the state Republican party filed a complaint with the SEEC in late 2014, saying the Democratic Party violated the clean - elections statutes by taking advantage of the federally regulated account's ability to accept contractor contributions under federal election laws that are less restrictive than Connecticut's.

Not exact matches

If it sounds like Edwards still needed to apply FEC rules and limits, consider this: Scott Thomas, a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission testified that he did not consider that the payments would have come under his agency's auspices — in part because they were not used directly for the campaign and did not free up any of Edwards» own money to be spent on the campaign.

The stock has surged 41 % since President Donald Trump's November election, surprising many who predicted the company led by billionaire Elon Musk would suffer under a Republican government averse to supporting clean - energy companies with federal tax subsidies.

Posted by Marc Lee under corporate income tax, corporate profits, election 2011, federal budget, fiscal policy, income distribution, taxation, unions.

Posted by Marc Lee under corporate income tax, corporate profits, election 2011, federal budget, taxation.

We're in the last week of a federal election campaign, and every party wants you to believe they're there for the hardworking families of a middle class under enormous pressure.

But under federal campaign finance rules, a contribution is «anything of value given, loaned or advanced to influence a federal election.»

OTTAWA — Nine million votes were wasted in the 2015 election under Canada's winner - take - all electoral system — that's more than the populations of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces combined, according to a new electoral reform primer outlining why the principle of proportionality must underpin the government's promise to bring in voting reform by the next federal election.

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

Posted by David Macdonald under CFIB, corporate income tax, Federal elections 2015, small business, taxation.

Under provincial elections law, he does not need to resign his federal seat until he is a registered candidate in a provincial election.

The implication is that even under Giuliani's description, Cohen may have still broken federal election laws.

, then it may count as an in - kind campaign contribution by Cohen — one that apparently went unreported to the Federal Election Commission and exceeded the legal limit for individual donations under federFederal Election Commission and exceeded the legal limit for individual donations under federalfederal law.

If the money was connected to Trump's ongoing presidential campaign, then it may count as an in - kind campaign contribution by Cohen — one that apparently went unreported to the Federal Election Commission and exceeded the legal limit for individual donations under federFederal Election Commission and exceeded the legal limit for individual donations under federalfederal law.

Posted by Wenonah Bradshaw under Austerity, Balanced budgets, Federal elections 2015, Liberal Party policy.

Under federal tax law, section 501 (c)(3) organizations may take positions on public policy issues, including issues that divide candidates in an election for public office.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Mangano, who is awaiting trial on federal corruption charges, has yet to declare that he is not seeking a third term, but his only remaining option to qualify for the Nov. 7 general election would be to distribute petitions to be an independent candidate under a nonestablished minor party.

● Require that any future tax increases under this new system be approved by the people in the next federal election, in order to impose discipline on spending.

In 2010, when the party was under federal investigation and risked falling off the ballot in the following election, it agreed to endorse Cuomo after he made the party's leaders sign on to a pro-business platform that included fighting organized labor.

In addition to a federal investigation into whether Campaign for One New York donors, many of whom had business before the city, received anything for their donation, authorities are also examining whether de Blasio's unsuccessful bid to bring the state Senate under Democratic control in 2014 violated campaign finance and election laws.

Her campaign had just under $ 47,000, while Katko had more than $ 1.1 million in funds, Federal Election Commission records show.

The fund, which accepted contributions prohibited under state election law, was used, ostensibly, in the 2014 election cycle to support Connecticut candidates for federal office.

Quebec separatists routinely dominated Canadian federal elections (held under first - past - the - post) within their province after two defeated independence referendums, usually winning two - thirds of Quebec's 75 seats.

Under federal law, an inactive voter is one who hasn't voted in two successive federal election cycles, or shown any other activity, such as registering a change or address or signing a petition, according to county elections Director Gina Kaczala and Deputy Director LaVera Scott.

Thus, without deciding the issue of whether the interim provisional ballots (or those provisional ballots available under section 115.427.3's exception to the Photo - ID Requirement) are available only for federal or statewide elections and primaries, the Court holds that the transitional provisions of section 115.427.13 must be struck down together with the permanent provisions of SB 1014's Photo - ID Requirement because the former is not severable from the latter.

Joshua Eck, a spokesman for Secretary of State Jon Husted, said boards are required under state and federal laws to send a confirmation notice to voters who have not cast a ballot in the past two federal elections.

Steiner said Cuomo was obliged to set a special election date for a congressional seat under federal law, but state law allows the governor to set one for a state legislative vacancy at his discretion, so a court challenge might not be successful.

The election tribunals and Court of Appeal ordered the re-runs, after voiding the returns for most of the Rivers legislative seats, federal and state; before the Supreme Court, in a bizarre verdict, endorsed the governorship poll, held the same day, and under the same bloody conditions, as the state legislative elections.

The Sullivan County Board of Elections will be under the watchful eye of the federal government for the next five years and will have to pay more than $ 500,000 as part of a settlement of a federal lawsuit brought by Hasidic voters who accused the county of discrimination.

Stating that almost all his predictions for 2016 had come to pass, Fayose alleged that there were plans by the Federal Government to place Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State under house arrest on Thursday — two days before the legislative rerun elections in the state.

Bunkeddeko cited «the circumstances under which this donation was given,» and also called on the Federal Election Commission to audit her fund - raising records.

Fundraising totals revealed donations largely came from outside of the district — just 7 percent of contributions came from district residents in the final quarter of 2017 — and just a fraction of the total haul, 12 percent, were from small dollar donations of under $ 200, according to Federal Election Commission reports.

Under the new lines of the district, drawn by a federal judge, voters would have gone about by a pretty similar margin for Obama in the 2008 election.

Ambode disclosed this while speaking at the grand finale of the campaign of All Progressives Congress (APC) forSaturday's bye - election for Ifako - Ijaiye Federal Constituency of the House of Representatives, Governor Ambode assured that no electoral promise made by him would go unfulfilled, saying that he had operated under that principle ever since assuming office and remained committed to fulfilling all pledges and doing even more.

Ahead of the Nov. 8 election, when every seat in the Legislature is up for grabs, the Senate Democrats have found themselves linked to state and federal investigations examining whether New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his allies violated laws as part of an unsuccessful effort in 2014 to bring the chamber under Democratic control.

The state Democratic Party asked the Federal Election Commission on Oct. 1 for a legal opinion to support its contention that it's OK under federal law to spend an undisclosed amount of money from its «federal account» to pay for a proposed mass mailing that says, «On November 4th, vote for Dan Malloy.Federal Election Commission on Oct. 1 for a legal opinion to support its contention that it's OK under federal law to spend an undisclosed amount of money from its «federal account» to pay for a proposed mass mailing that says, «On November 4th, vote for Dan Malloy.federal law to spend an undisclosed amount of money from its «federal account» to pay for a proposed mass mailing that says, «On November 4th, vote for Dan Malloy.federal account» to pay for a proposed mass mailing that says, «On November 4th, vote for Dan Malloy.»

«That you, Isah Hamman Misau of Hamman Misau Residence, Turaki Street, Misau, Bauchi State, on or about December 16, 2014, at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did utter a false document to wit: Affidavit in Support of Personal Particulars of Persons seeking election to the Office / Membership of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (INEC FORM C.F. 001/2015) which you submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission knowing it to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (2)(c) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap M17, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and punishable under the same section of the Act.

(a) Insert «1» after (a)» in subsection (a) and add at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraphs: (2) No person acting under color of law shall --(A) in determining whether any individual is qualified under State law or laws to vote in any Federal election, apply any standard, practice, or procedure different from the standards, practices, or procedures applied under such law or laws to other individuals within the same county, parish, or similar political subdivision who have been found by State officials to be qualified to vote;

(B) deny the right of any individual to vote in any Federal election because of an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material in determining whether such individual is qualified under State law to vote in such election; or

They pitched the idea in the 2011 federal election campaign, saying they would allow individuals to transfer up to $ 50,000 to a spouse as long as they had at least one dependent child under 18.

He said the government would focus on its pledges to invest in infrastructure, lower the federal debt - to - GDP ratio and balance the books before the next election, but dodged when asked directly about the party's promise to keep annual shortfalls under the $ 10 - billion ceiling.

«The Federal Election Commission Chairman, Lee Goodman, told Sirius - XM Patriot Channel's David Webb recently that not only would every free political website posting be government regulated under fellow commissioner Amanda Ravel's proposal, but public figures who give their opinions would also fall under the FEC's purview.»

After Donald Trump won the presidential election, hundreds of volunteers around the US came together to «rescue» federal data on climate change, thought to be at risk under the new administration.

Under the federal legislation, only third parties who incur election advertising expenses of a total amount of $ 500 must register, while in B.C. only third parties who «sponsor election advertising» need register.

«For all these reasons, and to prevent future prime ministers from call unfair snap elections, Democracy Watch has applied to the Federal Court for a ruling that Prime Minister Harper's calling of the federal election in September 2008 was a violation of the fixed election date law and Canadians» rights under the Charter,» said CoFederal Court for a ruling that Prime Minister Harper's calling of the federal election in September 2008 was a violation of the fixed election date law and Canadians» rights under the Charter,» said Cofederal election in September 2008 was a violation of the fixed election date law and Canadians» rights under the Charter,» said Conacher.