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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

Disclosure provisions should clearly identify what counts as campaign expenditure


Election Parts

  • Candidacy and Campaigning

Issues

  • Disclosure of Campaign Finances
Summaries
  • Public legislation on disclosure should adopt the following guideline: disclosure provisions should distinguish between income and expenditure.
  • Public legislation on disclosure should adopt the following guideline: donations exceeding a certain minimum threshold should be disclosed.
  • Public legislation on disclosure should adopt the following guideline: donations should be itemized into standardized categories.
  • Public legislation on disclosure should adopt the following guideline: disclosure provisions should distinguish between the financing of political parties and the financing of candidates.
  • Public legislation on disclosure should adopt the following guideline: disclosure provisions should distinguish between routine party finances and electoral finances.
  • Public legislation on disclosure should adopt the following guideline: disclosure rules should include both national and local party finances.
  • Regulations should clearly identify what counts as a campaign expenditure and what does not.
  • Regulations should establish a campaign period for the purposes of expenditure.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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