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  2. Vote buying - Wikipedia

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    Vote buying (also referred to as electoral clientelism and patronage politics) occurs when a political party or candidate distributes money or resources to a voter in an upcoming election with the expectation that the voter votes for the actor handing out monetary rewards. [1]

  3. Voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    While states were permitted to require voters to register for a political party 30 days before an election, or to require them to vote in only one party primary, the state could not prevent a voter from voting in a party primary if the voter has voted in another party's primary in the last 23 months. [22]

  4. Elections in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In many states, citizens registering to vote may declare an affiliation with a political party. [11] This declaration of affiliation does not cost money, and does not make the citizen a dues-paying member of a party. A party cannot prevent a voter from declaring his or her affiliation with them, but it can refuse requests for full membership.

  5. Political party funding - Wikipedia

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    Political party funding is a method used by a political party to raise money for campaigns and routine activities. The funding of political parties is an aspect of campaign finance . Political parties are funded by contributions from multiple sources.

  6. Campaign finance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In a series of advisory opinions between 1977 and 1995, the FEC ruled that political parties could fund "mixed-purpose" activities—including get-out-the-vote drives and generic party advertising—in part with soft money, and that parties could also use soft money to defray the costs of "legislative advocacy media advertisements," even if the ...

  7. Explainer-Can Trump use political donations to pay for legal ...

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    Leadership PACs emerged in the 1970s as a way for elected officials and candidates to raise money for other political candidates, usually of the same political party, without using their own ...

  8. US banks encourage workers to vote, carving out paid time off

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    JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup reminded employees that they can take paid time off to vote in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, while underscoring the need to work across ...

  9. Ballot access - Wikipedia

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    A political party with a voter enrollment equal to less than 15% of the state's total partisan enrollment is classified as a "minor political party," which has automatic ballot access in special elections but must otherwise collect the same number of signatures as political bodies. Political parties not relegated to "minor" status qualify to ...