Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Bill 1999

Public bill · Government · Presented

The measure would require local election candidates and political parties to report donations and campaign spending, with spending controls, public access to records, and penalties for missing or misleading returns. It would also allow limited research using 1999 ballot papers into electronic vote recording and counting, while protecting voter secrecy.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the disclosure of donations and expenditure in respect of local elections and otherwise to amend the Local Elections Acts 1974 to 1997, to provide for research using ballot papers into electronic methods of recording and counting of votes at local elections and European Parliament elections held in the year 1999 and to provide for connected matters

Last updated 20 November 2019