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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Political parties and candidates should be partly financed through private means.


Obligations

  • Right and Opportunity to Be Elected
  • Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Election Parts

  • Candidacy and Campaigning

Issues

  • Private Funding for Campaigns
  • Regulation of Campaign Contributions

Criteria

  • Citizens were able to support candidates and parties, including financial support, and this support did not interfere with the independence of the party
  • Reasonable limitations were imposed on private contributions

Quotes

  • Political parties and candidates should be partly financed through private means. Private sources of funding may be internal or external to the party.
  • Funding political parties through private contributions is also a form of political participation. Thus, legislation should attempt to achieve a balance between encouraging moderate contributions and limiting unduly large contributions.
  • The amount of public funding awarded to parties must be carefully designed to guarantee the utility of such funding, while at the same time ensuring that private contributions are not made superfluous or their impact nullified.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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