Thursday, December 22, 2011

Financial reckoning coming for FourChange.org

By Alistair Waters - Kelowna Capital News  Published: December 21, 2011 4:00 PM


It's not just candidates who ran in the recent civic election who will have to divulge how much they spent to try to get elected, some local groups that endorsed candidates must also reveal how much they spent during the campaign. Under little-known changes to the the provincial rules governing elections, groups that spend more than $500 promoting individual candidates or groups of candidates must file financial disclosure documents with the municipality where they operated or face fines and other punitive measures from the province. The fines for not filing can be as high as $5,000 and there can also be prohibitions from participating in future elections. (more)

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