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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

Reasonable limitations were imposed on private contributions


Election Parts

  • Candidacy and Campaigning

Issues

  • Regulation of Campaign Contributions
Summaries
  • Political parties and candidates should be partly financed through private means.
  • Reasonable limitations may be placed on private funding contributions to level the playing field during campaign activities.
  • Limits on private contributions may consist of a maximum threshold on the amount of money that may be accepted from a single source.
  • Limits on private contributions may consist of a limit on the total sum of acceptable private donations.
  • Cash donations should be prohibited.
  • States should consider introducing rules which define acceptable sources of donations to political parties and/or candidates.
  • States should consider limiting or prohibiting donations from anonymous sources.
  • Low value donations may be excluded from the obligation to refuse anonymous donations.
  • Campaigning and spending by third parties may be regulated, in particular to ensure transparency and accountability.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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