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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

Campaign finance regulation was consistent with the principles of the rule of law


Election Parts

  • Candidacy and Campaigning

Issues

  • The Legal Framework and Candidacy and Campaigning
Summaries
  • The legal framework should address all components of the system of party and candidate financing.
  • Legislation on political party and campaign finance should be clear and unambiguous.
  • Legislation on political party and campaign finance should avoid conflicting provisions governing the activities of political parties and their financial activities.
  • Legislation on political party and campaign finance should avoid conflicting provisions between laws governing the financing of national and sub-national parties.
  • Legislation should cover fundamental issues such as sources of funding, private donations, public subsidies to political parties, the financing of election campaigns and provisions for disclosure, reporting, monitoring, and enforcement.
  • Campaign finance legislation should be publicly available.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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