What are allowable election campaign expenses?
Allowable expenses are the actual personal expenses of the candidate, the cost of acquiring premises, accommodation, goods or services used for proper election campaign expenses, payments for the cost of printing and advertising, reasonable payment to any person for the hire of transportation used by a candidate or speakers in travelling to and from public meetings or by any person in connection with and for the proper purposes of an election. See section 118 of the Local Authorities Election Act. New is the requirement for the election candidate campaign contribution and disclosure statement form. A candidate whose campaign is entirely self funded has a funding cap of $10,000 in a campaign period and is not required to open a bank account or file a disclosure statement unless there is a surplus exceeding $500 from a previous election. A candidate must declare campaign contributions funded from any person, corporation, trade union, or employee organization by completing an Election Can
