Sentence examples for exceeding contribution from inspiring English sources
Exceeding contribution limits is a misdemeanor under election law.
Intentionally exceeding contribution limits or concealing the source of campaign money could result in various charges, including filing false records, a felony.
The money actually came from her mentor Seth Rubenstein, the head of the Brooklyn legal firm where she worked, who deposited the money into her personal accounts to avoid exceeding contribution limits, prosecutors said.
In another, the commissioners deadlocked on whether a Mitt Romney supporter exceeded contribution limits by chartering a plane from Utah to Boston so supporters of Mr. Romney's presidential bid could attend a fund-raiser.
By 2014, a federal investigation was underway, and one of Grimm's campaign contributors (and former girlfriend), Diana Durand, was soon under indictment for using straw donors to exceed contribution limits.
Investigators are examining whether Mr. Grimm and Mr. Biton raised donations for Mr. Grimm's 2010 campaign that exceeded contribution limits, were given in cash or came from foreigners without green cards.
Mr. Grimm has come under scrutiny in recent months after The New York Times reported that three contributors to his 2010 race said that Mr. Grimm or his chief fund-raiser informed donors that his campaign would find ways to accept illegal donations, including those that exceeded contribution limits, were given in cash or came from foreigners without green cards.
Federal Election Commission filings show that 27 of the 49 donors found by HuffPost to have exceeded contribution limits have received at least one refund in 2013.
Experts told the Globe the reimbursement program could violate federal and state laws because repaying donors for their donations can conceal the source of donations and enable the actual source of the money to exceed contribution limits.
Every year, payouts far exceed contributions by workers and employers.
A 100% or higher ratio means the nonprofit was totally dependent on gifts to make ends meet; a negative number, that the surplus exceeded contributions.
