Sentence examples for control election from inspiring English sources

But on the other, their funds are more difficult to trace, and many are operating outside the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance act, which sought to control election spending by banning unlimited contributions to the parties.

President Jimmy Carter promised to fix the campaign finance landscape after the Supreme Court's historic 1976 Buckley v. Valeo ruling limited what the government could do to control election spending.

Between 1880 and 1895 the city experienced a huge rise in corruption, as crime bosses, such as Soapy Smith, worked side by side with elected officials and the police to control elections, gambling, and the bunko gangs.

She added: "Facebook would never try to control elections".

The army is needed to secure and control elections and Jonathan is lining his people up".

Possibly only Italy could compare with Britain for lax media ownership regulation, where Berlusconi is about to prove yet again this week that he who controls most of TV and newspapers can control elections.

The gist of these stories is that a corrupt manager colludes with complicit board members to control elections and dissuade newcomers from running.

Analysts expect Nazarbayev to pick a successor who would then win a tightly controlled election.

There is also an apparent discrepancy between the accounts and his filings last year to the US Federal Election Commission (FEC), the regulator which controls election spending.

BEIRUT — Syrians voted on in a tightly controlled election Tuesday that reinforced President Bashar al-Assad's tenacious hold on power, underscoring the failure of U.S. policies aimed at inducing him to step down.

Call it the pest-control election, and you won't be far from the reality.