When a not-for-profit organization sponsors an event, may it invite New York City officials and employees? In a recent advisory opinion, the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) addressed how the local law prohibiting gifts by City lobbyists affects these … Continue reading →

The New York City Council Committee on Governmental Operations is considering legislation to make technical amendments to the campaign finance legislation adopted this past summer. Among other changes, Intro. No. 651 would: Ensure that the contribution limits that apply to … Continue reading →

It is essential that political committees take steps to protect their assets from misappropriation and errors that lead to misreporting. Earlier this year the Federal Election Commission issued a policy statement creating a Safe Harbor for Misreporting Due to Embezzlement … Continue reading →

At a special meeting held today, ELEC voted to extend the reporting deadline for non-profit entities to January 15, 2008. ELEC had received a letter from an attorney representing the NJ Senate, asking that the November 30, 2007 deadline be … Continue reading →

The FEC has approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking implementing section 204 of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. The proposed rules would require candidate committees, leadership PACs, and political parties to report two or more contributions … Continue reading →

At a meeting today, the NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) voted to require non-profit entities to make the annual disclosure pursuant to Chapter 271. As previously discussed on this blog, here and here, the State Treasurer and Department of … Continue reading →

Genova, Burns & Vernoia has submitted comments on the New York City Campaign Finance Board’s proposed rules. See here for more information.

In little less than a week, the 2006 Business Entity Annual Disclosure Statements filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) for calendar year 2006 will become public. The disclosures are expected to be available for public inspection … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, September 25, 2007, the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) temporarily suspended the obligation of nonprofit organizations to file a 2006 Business Entity Annual Statement with the Commission by the September 28 filing deadline. (The Commission will … Continue reading →

Business entities that are non-profit organizations have at least an extra month to prepare their pay-to-play (P2P) disclosure reports, and ultimately may not be required to report at all. The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) announced today that … Continue reading →