Lowering nomination fees can have an enormous impact on female representation at local and national level.
It is not a vanity press, nor are there nomination fees.
The government has upheld a controversial income tax exemption on the "nomination fees" that an owner earns when a stallion impregnates a mare.
But 75percentt of Ireland's 356 registered stallions earn nomination fees of less than $3,000, said Pat O'Neill, a member of the Irish Farmers Association's horse committee, who originally lobbied the government to establish the exemption.
Last year, to quell dissent over the matter, the finance minister, Charlie McCreevey, changed tax law, requiring stallion owners to report their income from nomination fees for the first time since 1969.
The Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association says that nomination fees in Ireland generate annual revenues of only 100 million euros ($117 million), and most of that is immediately spent on heavy overhead costs -- from veterinary medicine and transportation to stable hands and trainers -- which are all fully taxed.
Thanks to advocacy by, among others, Womankind Worldwide's partner, Women in Law and Development in Africa (Wildaf), Ghana's five main political parties have this year reduced nomination fees for women by 50%; the number of women standing in political party elections and primaries has already increased.
It's funded by nomination fees and a fixed 0.5% takeout of all money wagered on the races.
Bailey responded that of course he wanted the book nominated, so the fee was paid, and the nomination became official.
There are hundreds of examples to choose from, but here are just a few: Campaign accounts of Representative Ron Paul, a Republican of Texas who is running for the party's presidential nomination, paid salaries or fees to his daughter, brother, grandson, daughter's mother-in-law, granddaughter and grandson-in-law, totaling more than $300,000, according to the report….
Altogether, the Cup takes in $15 million annually in nominations and entry fees, almost a third of its revenue.
