Election Campaign Financing
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Election campaigns for public office are expensive. Candidates need funding for support staff, advertising, traveling, and public app...
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Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum claims he favors free speech. Apparently, he means scot-free.
Mr. McCollum invoked the Florida Election Campaign Financing Act (FECFA) so that his run for governor would be funded by the taxpayers. But on July 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit sided with Rick Scott, his opponent in the upcoming Republican primary - reversing a lower court decision and issuing a preliminary injunction barring Mr. McCollum from collecting any money under the so-called excess-subsidy provision of FECFA. Now the case goes back to District Court for a final ruling, with a strong hint from the appellate judges that Mr. Scott proved his point.
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... established by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended. (b) Commissioner means an... Revenue Code of 1954 relating to public financing of Federal elections. (f) Public Disclosure Divisi...
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Candidates vying to serve out the remainder of state Rep. Richard O. Belden's term will be the test cases for the state's new public financing program.
Republican candidate Jason Perillo has submitted paperwork to join the voluntary program. Democratic candidate James Orazietti said Wednesday he intended to do the same.
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The two candidates seeking to fill the unexpired term of Justice Joseph Albright on the state Supreme Court have differing opinions regarding the election of judges, campaign financing and the structure of the state's appeals system.
Democrat Thomas McHugh and Republican John Yoder met with the Daily Mail editorial board Wednesday.
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... and expenditures, designations of campaign depositories, statements of organization, candidat...
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Last November when Republican candidates on Long Island, across New York and in New Jersey and Virginia scored upset victories, the press was quick to announce that this political phenomenon was caused by the electorate's anger at incumbents. There were very few stories stating that the public was rejecting the liberal agenda driven by the Congress and embraced by President Obama.
There were even fewer stories pointing out that the incumbents who were losing were Democrats. In Nassau two prominent Democrats, who also had higher political ambitions, County Executive Tom Suozzi and County Comptroller Howard Weitzman, lost to challengers that could not come close to them in campaign financing. At the start of the election season in July when nominating petitions were filed, very few vetera...
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