42. If there are limits on the amount a candidate can spend, what is the limit?

Liberia

Liberia

Answer
Representative candidate; USD 400,000 [I$ 711,000] Senate candidate: USD 600,000 [I$ 1,100,000]Vice President candidate: USD 1,000,000 [I$ 1,800,000]President candidate: USD 2,000,000 [I$ 3,600,000]
Source

Art 7.3.1 [as modified by Section 20 of the 2004 Electoral Reform Law], 'Elections expenses shall not be incurred or authorized by a candidate and or party beyond the Liberian dollar equivalent of the following amounts: (a)    For President in excess of Two Million United States dollars (US$2,000,000.00). (b)    For Vice President in excess of One Million United States dollars (US$1,000,000.00). (c)    For a Senator in excess of Six Hundred Thousand United States dollars (US$600,000.00). (d)    For a Representative in excess of Four Hundred thousand United States dollars (US$400,000.00). (e)    For any other elective public office, in excess of Seventy-Five Thousand United States dollars (US$75,000.00).' (Source THE 1986 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA, New Elections Law) 

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