ELEC issued White Paper No. 22 today entitled “Trends in Legislative Campaign Financing: Fundraising in the Era of Pay-to-Play Reform, Self-Funders and Recession”. The White Paper was released just as the 2011 legislative election cycle kicks into high gear and focuses on … Continue reading →

Yesterday, ELEC Executive Director Jeffrey Brindle and State Comptroller Matthew Boxer appeared together at a press conference to discuss pay-to-play reform in New Jersey. In conjunction with this press conference, the State Comptroller issued both a press release and a … Continue reading →

After 10 months gestation, the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) has proposed rules to implement last year’s Charter revision requiring the disclosure of independent expenditures (i.e., IE) in NYC elections.  We have previously commented (here and, more recently, … Continue reading →