The University of Queensland professor Graeme Orr, an expert in the regulation of democracy, said the ads were clearly electoral matter and, as paid ads, should contain authorisations.
In his drive-by remarks, Mr. Romney stayed tethered to the electoral matter at hand, saying he was focused on securing the "endorsement of the people of Nevada".
A scholar on electoral matters who wrote about the news media and politics, he was a frequent commentator on radio and television and in newspapers on issues that included Japan's growing economic strength in the 1970's, Brooklyn politics and the 2000 presidential election results in Florida.
Part of the test of presidential leadership, it seems to us, is finding a way to resolve electoral matters in the political arena.
At a meeting in Brussels, President Viktor F. Yanukovich said he believed that the outstanding issues — a number of justice and electoral matters — could be solved by November.
The bill has been referred to the joint standing committee on electoral matters with a reporting deadline of 2 March, paving the way for a debate and decision in the Senate before parliament rises for the pre-budget break.
The bill has been referred to the joint standing committee on electoral matters with a reporting deadline of 2 March, paving the way for a debate and decision in the Senate before parliament rises on 17 March for the pre-budget break.
He said Labor would "absolutely support" an inquiry by the joint standing committee on electoral matters in the wake of a federal election which delivered stronger than usual micro-party representation in the Senate due in large part to intricate preference swaps.
The parliamentary joint standing committee on electoral matters is conducting an inquiry into the financing of political parties, including public funding and private donations.
After a bipartisan joint standing committee on electoral matters report in April, the bill was amended to clarify that issue-based campaigns are not captured in the definition of "electoral matters" that attract the higher transparency measures.
