What Do You Know about Green Power?
An unsuccessful primary candidate for mayor of Honolulu estimates that it cost him $_____ to lose:
a) $20,000; b)$100,000; c) $50,000
One 30-second spot in prime time on local TV costs:
a) as much as $260 (b) as much as $64 (c) as much as $108
In Great Britain, a candidate for Parliament (national election) is allowed to spend:
$100,000 plus $1.00 for each constituent
$1260. plus 2¢ for each constituent
$300,000 to $500,000 plus mailing costs
Under Hawaii law, candidates are required to file a report of:
all money, gifts and services received and all expenditures made or incurred,
Only the names of contributors of more than 1100,00
Only itemized expenditures and not sources of contributions.
Hawaii law requires the candidate to file:
before and after the primary and general elections
after the primary if he loses; after the general if he loses the primary.
before and after the general.
Florida's Who Gave It--Who Got It?" law (1951) provides for full disclosure and publicity of campaign finance sources and expenditures before the election. State administrators regard the law as;
very effective and not particularly difficult to enforce.
difficult to administer but worth the effort to provide the public with pertinent-information
another piece of ill-fated legislation, full of loopholes.
Under Florida law a candidate who failed to file his expense report had to:
forfeit the office he won
print a full explanation of his negligence in the major newspapers.
pay a heavy fine.
ANSWERS; 1)-b, 2)-a, 3)-b, 4)-c, 5)-b, 6)-a, 7)-a
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