A practice by which several individuals
with similar purposes or agendas contribute to a candidate's campaign in
a single package. This resembles a temporary unofficial PAC.
Since individual contributions are capped
by law at $1,000, the practice of bundling allows an individual--with the
help of colleagues--to present a much larger contribution to a candidate.
A legislative resolution admonishing a legislator for an immoral or unethical activity or series of activities.
A gift of money or property (or a loan)
given to a candidate or a candidate's election committee for the purpose
of seeing the candidate elected.
(Monetary loans are treated as gifts during
the election season.)
A detailed report of campaign contributions and expenditures which becomes part of the public record.
Any money spent for the purpose of electing a specific candidate to public office. Expenditures may range from coffee and doughnuts for volunteers to multimillion dollar network advertisements.
This is a six-member bipartisan commission established by the 1974 Amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act designed to monitor adherence to the FECA. The FEC has administrative, advisory, and quasi-judicial powers.
An election in which candidates from various political parties vie to determine who will be elected to government offices.
Monies that are spent for the purpose of electing or defeating a candidate that are not affiliated with the candidate's official campaign or that of the opponent's. These funds are exempt from campaign contribution caps.
A slang term referring to a situation in which a government official awards or helps obtain a contract for a firm that has donated generously to the candidate or the candidate's election campaign.
A slang term referring to a way to obey the letter of the law while defying its intent .
Monies spent on get-out-the-vote and voter registration drives by unions, nonprofit organizations and corporations. These funds are exempt from federal regulation and disclosure.
Loyalty to a particular political party and its platform.
The practice of giving a person a government job (or contract) as a reward for campaign work, campaign contributions, or some other form of campaign support.
An organization designed to raise and distribute funds to political candidates. These organizations are connected to a corporation, union, trade association, or nonprofit organization other than a political party.
An election in which only members of a
specific political party vie to determine who will be the party's nominee
for a specific political office and run in the general election.
In areas in which a single political party
dominates, it is usually the primary election which determines who will
hold a particular office.
A system by which election campaigns are financed to some extent by the federal, state, or local government with monies raised through taxes or voluntary contributions from citizens to the government's separate election fund.
A practice by which all campaign contributions and expenditures are recorded and presented to a public agency, such as the Federal Election Commission (FEC), for the purpose of insuring that campaign contribution, spending and ethics laws are obeyed.
Money contributed to a political party for the purpose of party building, nonpartisan voter registration drives and get out the vote drives. These funds are exempt from contribution caps, and from disclosure and expenditure regulations.