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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Public legislation on disclosure should adopt the following guideline: donations exceeding a certain minimum threshold should be disclosed.


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: Donations exceeding a certain minimum threshold should be disclosed.
  • Reports should clearly distinguish between income and expenditures. Further, reporting formats should include the itemization of donations into standardized categories as defined by relevant regulations and should be easily accessible and user-friendly and not overly burdensome, while also allowing the relevant data to be processed electronically afterwards.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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