PPC Call for Public's Opinion on Electoral Expenses Report
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27th February 2020
Ahead of bringing forward draft legislation on the recently proposed electoral expenditure and political donations, the Privileges and Procedures Committee are requesting the public's opinion on the proposed process.
You can read the full report
here.
A summary of the issues open to public consultation is below:
- What information from expenditure declarations should be published online?
- Whether the law should require the Judicial Greffier to confirm receipt of an expenditure declaration and to remind candidates of the deadline for submitting such a declaration?
- Whether the existing law permitting candidates to vary or add to their expenditure declarations is sufficient and whether more time should be allowed for such changes to be made?
- Whether factors which might be considered 'reasonable steps' or 'reasonable excuses' as defences against commission of offences under the Public Elections (Expenditure and Donations) (Jersey) Law 2014 should be specified in the law and, if so, which factors should be so specified?
- Should the period of the election, for the purposes of election expenditure, be defined in law? If so, what should it be?
- Whether parties should be enabled to submit collective expenditure declarations on behalf of all of their candidates; whether parties should make separate declarations of expenditure other than expenditure incurred by candidates; and whether the definition of party should be broadened in law.
- Whether more time should be allowed for candidates to make expenditure declarations.
- The desirability of new legislation on (a) the declaration and online publication of donations to candidates within a short period of receipt and (b) the declaration and online publication of donations to political parties.
- Whether more time should be allowed for candidates to make expenditure declarations.
- The desirability of new legislation on (a) the declaration and online publication of donations to candidates within a short period of receipt and (b) the declaration and online publication of donations to political parties.
- Whether systematic, published scrutiny of expenditure declarations by candidates and parties should be introduced.
- Any other matters relevant to these topics on which PPC may wish to consider bringing forward changes to the law.
Any members of the public wishing to send their thoughts in the above topics are invited to do so by emailing StatesGreffe@gov.je
The public are invited to submit their views until Thursday 9th April 2020.
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