The State Board of Elections has made the 2014 Campaign Finance Filing Calendar available on its web site.
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SBOE Refers Possible Campaign Violations to the Albany County DA
At the meeting of the State Board of Elections (SBOE) earlier today, Commissioners voted to refer possible campaign finance violations involving three campaign committees and 20 corporate donors for exceeding […]
Governor Proposes Campaign Finance, Ethics Reforms as Part of Executive Budget
Gov. Cuomo released his 2014-15 Executive Budget proposal yesterday. It includes campaign finance reforms, an optional system of publicly financed campaigns, an independent Election Law enforcement unit, and improvements to […]
Report: Gov. Cuomo to Propose Public Financing of Political Campaigns in Executive Budget
The New York Times is reporting that Gov. Cuomo’s 2014-15 Executive Budget proposal will include a public financing system, ethics reforms and an independent enforcement office for election-law violations. Proposing […]
NYPIRG Files JCOPE Complaint Regarding Lobbying by the State’s Political Parties
Earlier today, NYPIRG filed a complaint with JCOPE (the Joint Commission on Public Ethics), asking the state’s lobbying regulator it to look into whether the state’s political parties should be […]
Moreland Commission Hearing Focuses on SBOE’s Election Law Enforcement
Last night’s public hearing of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption was not a pretty one, especially for those who had to defend the state Board of Elections’ performance […]
Judge Denies Super PAC’s Challenge to State Contribution Limits
A federal judge has denied a motion by the New York Progress and Protection PAC, an independent political action committee seeking to make independent expenditures in support of Republican New […]
State Board of Elections to Get More Aggressive on Enforcement
The Times Union reports that the State Board of Elections (SBOE) is taking steps to freeze the bank accounts of campaign committees that have been found by a court to […]
Ethics and Campaign Finance Update
Over the weekend, the Times Union reported that the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption met with good government groups last week to get their perspective on the issues under […]
State Board of Elections Looking to Hire Enforcement Counsel
According to a report in today’s Times Union, Democrats on the State Board of Elections (SBOE) have nominated Kathleen O’Keefe, a well-regarded attorney with extensive experience in election law and […]