Some principal players, and their spouses, have contributed large sums to Democratic candidates and party committees this election cycle.
One former staff member of Local 32BJ said that leaders had contributed large sums from the union treasury to the Green campaign.
The only way to find out whether technical problems or even malicious hacking have contributed large errors to the electoral tally is to audit the vote, wrote the University of Michigan's J Alex Halderman in an affidavit supporting Stein's call for a recount.
The Israeli government also contends that Palestinian documents seized by its troops during raids in the West Bank last year provide evidence that organizations run by senior Saudi officials have contributed large sums of money to Hamas and to the families of suicide bombers.
Though his clout has diminished in recent years due to the Democrats' ascent, in the past he enjoyed access to the likes of Bob Dole, the former Kansas senator, and he and his sprawling family have contributed large amounts to Congressional candidates in states from Utah to Virginia.
The coalition is also set to release a report that discusses some connections between Mr. Romney and StudentsFirstNY; his senior foreign-policy adviser, Dan Senor, for instance, sits on the group's board, along with several financiers who have contributed large sums to the candidate or "super PACs" that support him.
Alabama's athletics director was heavily criticized for overselling the ticket allotment and for limiting ticket distribution to fans who had contributed large amounts of money to the athletics department.
Within the Church of Scientology, the Xenu story is part of the church's secret "Advanced Technology", considered a sacred and esoteric teaching, which is normally only revealed to members who have contributed large amounts of money.
Kenney has the backing of many of the city's largest unions including the teachers unions and national unions like the AFL-CIO, and those groups have contributed large sums to super PACs supporting his election, but not nearly to the level of the Susquehanna International Group.
There are currently four publicly-funded homebirth programs in NSW although most were established post 2006 which means they would not have contributed large numbers of women to this cohort [ 34].
