Sam Waterson for Campaign Finance Reform

Actor Sam Waterson, formerly of “Law & Order” and currently starring in HBO’s “The Newsroom” has made a video for Fair Elections New York.  The group is a coalition of good-government groups and labor unions.

In the video, Waterson says:

“Fair Elections…we don’t have them in America, and we don’t have them in New York…. Here in New York, Governor Cuomo has taken the lead to pass public financing for elections.”

This is an interesting statement.  While Gov. Cuomo has said that the state’s campaign finance laws need to be reformed (including raising the issue in his 2012 State of the State address) and that he will advocate for such reforms, he has not yet come out with any specific campaign finance reform proposal.

Watch the video here.