What institution(s) has the power to impose non-criminal sanctions for campaign finance infractions?
Sweden
OSCE needs assessment report on the Swedish parliamentary elections of 2010
The Commission on Financial Support to the Political Parties (Partibidragsnämnden) decides on division of government funding for political parties. The decisions of this body cannot be appealed. In Sweden, only government funding for parties is legislated (as seen in the OSCE report quote below).
"Political parties receive direct and indirect public funding both from the state and from the parliament, which represent a significant source of their income. […]Parties can also solicit private funding and no restrictions apply either to its source or amount. Financing can be provided by membership fees, donations, publications, income from property, and others. Some political parties receive income by organizing lotteries. There are no restrictions on receiving donations from interest groups or from abroad.
Political parties are not legally required to publicize their accounts. However, all seven parliamentary parties have subscribed to a voluntary Joint Agreement to make the accounting of parties’ income as open as possible. Particularly, the parties agreed that (i) contributions from legal entities should be specified in the accounts by providing the name of the donor and the amount, (ii) the number of private contributions and the total amount should be disclosed,38 (iii) parties’ final reports should be publicly available, and (iv) parties’ treasurers are to develop common forms of accounting. The Joint Agreement does not envision any sanctions for breaching its provisions
