Uruguay
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1. Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to political parties? |
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Yes
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2. Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to candidates? |
Code
Yes
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3. Is there a ban on corporate donations to political parties? |
Code
Yes
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4. Is there a ban on corporate donations to candidates? |
Code
No
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5. Is there a ban on donations from Trade Unions to political parties? |
Code
Yes
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6. Is there a ban on donations from Trade Unions to candidates? |
Code
Yes
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7. Is there a ban on anonymous donations to political parties? |
Code
Yes, above certain threshold
Comment
Anonymous contributions may not exceed 4,000 Indexed Units and under no circumstances can anonymous donations exceed 15% of the political parties reported incomes in a year.
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8. Is there a ban on anonymous donations to candidates? |
Code
Yes, above certain threshold
Comment
Donations below 4,000 UI are allowed. Anonymous donations can under no circumstances exceed 15% of the reported income during a year.
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9. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with government contracts to political parties? |
Code
No
Comment
The ban applies to donations [from companies providing public service ] exceeding 10,000 inflation indexed units (these are units whose value changes as the index to which they are indexed changes, in this case inflation) per year. Source
Art. 44 “Las empresas concesionarias de servicios públicos que mantengan relaciones contractuales con el Estado, formalizadas mediante contratación directa o adjudicación de licitación, podrán realizar donaciones o contribuciones a los partidos políticos, sus sectores internos o listas de candidatos, por un monto que no exceda las 10.000 UI anuales. Art. 45(C) “Los partidos políticos o sus sectores internos o listas de candidatos no podrán aceptar directa o indirectamente: C) Contribuciones o donaciones de empresas concesionarias o adjudicatarias de obras públicas”. (Source: (Ley No. 18.845 de Partidos Políticos, 2009) ) |
10. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with government contracts to candidates? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Ban applies to contributions from corporations with contracts for the provision of public services that exceeds 10,000 IU per year. Source
Art. 44 “Las empresas concesionarias de servicios públicos que mantengan relaciones contractuales con el Estado, formalizadas mediante contratación directa o adjudicación de licitación, podrán realizar donaciones o contribuciones a los partidos políticos, sus sectores internos o listas de candidatos, por un monto que no exceda las 10.000 UI anuales. Art. 45(C) “Los partidos políticos o sus sectores internos o listas de candidatos no podrán aceptar directa o indirectamente C) Contribuciones o donaciones de empresas concesionarias o adjudicatarias de obras públicas”. (Source: (Ley No. 18.845 de Partidos Políticos, 2009) ) |
11. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with partial government ownership to political parties? |
Code
Yes
Comment
The ban applies to donations [from companies providing public service ] exceeding 10,000 inflation indexed units (these are units whose value changes as the index to which they are indexed changes, in this case inflation) per year. Source
Art. 44 “Las empresas concesionarias de servicios públicos que mantengan relaciones contractuales con el Estado, formalizadas mediante contratación directa o adjudicación de licitación, podrán realizar donaciones o contribuciones a los partidos políticos, sus sectores internos o listas de candidatos, por un monto que no exceda las 10.000 UI anuales. Art. 45(C) “Los partidos políticos o sus sectores internos o listas de candidatos no podrán aceptar directa o indirectamente: C) Contribuciones o donaciones de empresas concesionarias o adjudicatarias de obras públicas”. (Source: (Ley No. 18.845 de Partidos Políticos, 2009) ) |
12. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with partial government ownership to candidates? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Ban applies to contributions from corporations with contracts for the provision of public services that exceeds 10,000 IU per year. Source
Art. 44 “Las empresas concesionarias de servicios públicos que mantengan relaciones contractuales con el Estado, formalizadas mediante contratación directa o adjudicación de licitación, podrán realizar donaciones o contribuciones a los partidos políticos, sus sectores internos o listas de candidatos, por un monto que no exceda las 10.000 UI anuales. Art. 45(C) “Los partidos políticos o sus sectores internos o listas de candidatos no podrán aceptar directa o indirectamente C) Contribuciones o donaciones de empresas concesionarias o adjudicatarias de obras públicas”. (Source: (Ley No. 18.845 de Partidos Políticos, 2009) ) |
13. Is there a ban on the use of state resources in favour or against a political party or candidate? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Involvement of public officers in political propaganda activities during labor days and hours is regarded as an ilicit activity.
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14. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during a non-election specific period? |
Code
Yes, for natural persons
Source
Art. 43 “Las donaciones que reciban los partidos políticos, sus sectores internos o listas de candidatos, no podrán exceder la cantidad de 300.000 UI por cada donante en el año civil. Cuando el aporte sea realizado por un candidato a un cargo electivo éste podrá triplicar el monto establecido”. (Source: (Ley No. 18.845 de Partidos Políticos, 2009) ) |
15. If there is a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during a non-election specific period, what is the limit? |
Code
Annual limit is UI 300,000 [I$ 17,000] (10,000 [I$ 580] for corporations with public service provision contracts)
Comment
Contributions from party representatives and elected officers are also limited yearly to 900,000 UI.
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16. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during an election? |
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17. If there is a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during an election, what is the limit? |
Code
Not applicable
Comment
Contributions from party representatives and elected officers are also limited yearly to 900,000 UI.
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18. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a candidate? |
Code
Yes, for both natural and legal persons
Comment
Yearly limits are also applicable to contributions to candidates. Source
Art. 31 “Las donaciones que reciban los partidos políticos o sectores internos o listas de candidatos a efectos de sus campañas electorales no podrán exceder para cada uno de ellos y por cada donante, la cantidad de 300.000 UI(trescientas mil unidades indexadas) y deberán ser siempre nominativas. Se entenderá por tales aquéllas en donde queden registrados con toda precisión el nombre y demás datos identificatorios del donante. Cuando el aporte sea realizado por un candidato a un cargo electivo éste podrá triplicar el monto establecido”. Art. 44 “Las empresas concesionarias de servicios públicos que mantengan relaciones contractuales con el Estado, formalizadas mediante contratación directa o adjudicación de licitación, podrán realizar donaciones o contribuciones a los partidos políticos, sus sectores internos o listas de candidatos, por un monto que no exceda las 10.000 UI anuales”. (Source: (Ley No. 18.845 de Partidos Políticos, 2009) ) |
19. If there is a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a candidate, what is the limit? |
Code
Limit is 300,000 UI [I$ 17,000] yearly, 10,000 UI [I$ 580] for corporations with public service provision contracts.
Comment
Contributions from party representatives and elected officers are also limited yearly to 900,000 UI.
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20. Is there a limit on the amount a candidate can contribute to their own election campaign? |
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21. Is there a limit on in-kind donations to political parties? |
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22. Is there a limit on in-kind donations to candidates? |
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23. Is there a ban on political parties engaging in commercial activities? |
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24. Is there a ban on political parties taking loans in relation to election campaigns? |
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25. Is there a ban on candidates taking loans in relation to election campaigns? |
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26. Is there a ban on donors to political parties/candidates participating in public tender/procurement processes? |
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27. Are there provisions requiring donations to go through the banking system? |
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28. Are there provisions for direct public funding to political parties? |
Code
Yes, both regularly and in relation to campaigns
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29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding? |
Code
Representation in elected body
Comment
Obtaining votes in the national election or in the municipal election and having presented the sworn statement of campaign expenses in proper time and form as per Law No. 18,485. In order to obtain permanent financing one must have legislative representation.
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30. What is the allocation calculation for political parties to receive public funding? |
Code
Flat rate by votes received
Comment
For campaign expenses, parties receive a flat rate of 87 indexed units per each valid vote obtained in the previous presidential election.
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31. What are the provisions on 'ear marking' direct public funding to political parties (how it should be used)? |
Code
No
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32. Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for political parties? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Free access is granted for 50 days in case of general elections, and for 40 days in case of primaries.
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33. What criteria determine allocation for free or subsidized access to media for political parties? |
Code
Equal
Comment
All parties that obtained at least 3% of the votes casted in the open primaries are entitled to two minutes of free media access.
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34. Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for candidates? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Only to presidential candidates from political parties with representation in Parliament (5 minutes at the beginning and 15 minutes at the end of the campaign period, and 2 minutes throughout the campaign period). |
35. Are there provisions for any other form of indirect public funding? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Assets and properties acquired by parties with public funding and devoted to party activities are tax exempted. |
36. Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties tied to gender equality among candidates? |
Code
No
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37. Are there provisions for other financial advantages to encourage gender equality in political parties? |
Code
No
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38. Is there a ban on vote buying? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Vote buying is regarded as an electoral offence.
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39. Are there limits on the amount a political party can spend? |
Code
No
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40. If there are limits on the amount a political party can spend, what is the limit? |
Code
Not applicable
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41. Are there limits on the amount a candidate can spend? |
Code
No
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42. If there are limits on the amount a candidate can spend, what is the limit? |
Code
Not applicable
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43. Are there limits on the amount that third parties can spend on election campaign activities? |
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44. Are there limits on traditional media advertising spending in relation to election campaigns? |
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45. Are there limits on online media advertising spending in relation to election campaigns? |
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46. Do any other restrictions on online media advertisement (beyond limits) exist? |
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47. Do political parties have to report regularly on their finances? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Annually
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48. Do political parties have to report on their election campaign finances? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Preliminary financial reports before the elections and one final after.
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49. Do candidates have to report on their election campaign finances? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Lists of candidates have to submit preliminary and final financial reports
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50. Do third parties have to report on election campaign finances? |
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51. Is information in reports from political parties and/or candidates to be made public? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Financial reports submitted to the EMB are regarded as public and can be inspected by anyone interested without any restriction. Reports shall be posted in the web site of the EMB and published in the official gazette.
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52. Must reports from political parties and/or candidates reveal the identity of donors? |
Code
Yes
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53. Must reports from political parties and/or candidates include information on itemized income? |
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54. Must reports from political parties and/or candidates include information on itemized spending? |
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55. Which institution(s) receives financial reports from political parties and/or candidates? |
Code
EMB
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56. Which institution(s) is responsible for examining financial reports and/or investigating violations? |
Code
EMB
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57. What power is granted to the institution(s) responsible for examining reports and/or investigating violations? |
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58. What sanctions are provided for political finance infractions? |
Code
Comment
Corporations with contracts for the provision of public services could lose the franchise, and those with contracts for the development of public infrastructure could lose the possibility to make a bid in any future tender.
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