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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Public legislation on disclosure should adopt the following guideline: disclosure provisions should distinguish between income and expenditure.


Obligations

  • Transparency and Access to Information

Election Parts

  • Candidacy and Campaigning

Issues

  • Disclosure of Campaign Finances

Criteria

  • Disclosure provisions should clearly identify what counts as campaign expenditure

Quotes

  • Public legislation on disclosure should adopt the following guidelines: Disclosure provisions should distinguish between income and expenditure.
  • The obligations to promote the enjoyment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression require that States guarantee the transparency of all aspects of political and electoral processes, and should particularly put in place measures to: (a) Enact regulations requiring the submission of periodic financial reports by parties, political organizations and candidates, entailing full disclosure of all resources collected, in monetary form or in kind, and their origin, and all expenditure, in order to promote public scrutiny and informed voting by citizens. Political finance reporting should be comprehensive, timely, available to the public, and subject to stringent sanctions for inadequate disclosure or timeliness.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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