Sentences with phrase «enforcement of election laws»

Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens Union, a government watchdog group, said that the agreed - upon changes to bribery laws and the enforcement of election laws were positive steps, but that the disbanding of the Moreland Commission was troubling.

By doing so, he runs the risk of making himself a poster child for tougher enforcement of election laws.

And this year, the agency, which oversees voting and enforcement of election laws, is poised to get exactly the same appropriation as last year, $ 8.1 million.

Douglas Kellner, the Democratic co-chairman of the New York State Board of Elections, said that the board's enforcement of election laws — such as rooting out an LLC that is merely a straw donor set up to give a gift — is hampered because LLC paperwork can create a dead end.

Thelegislation is part of a broader package of laws designed to improve enforcement of election laws, ease voter registration, strengthen anti-bribery laws, and provide district attorneys with greater power to prosecute public corruption cases.

· Strengthen Enforcement Of Election Laws: New York State should increase funding and support for the Enforcement Counsel at the Board of Elections, including increasing the number of auditors and investigators.

On the show, Fitzpatrick briefly touched on the most recent Moreland Commission hearing, during which the leaders of the Board of Elections were grilled on their barely existing enforcement of election law.

Not exact matches

Cuomo's subpoena - empowered commission was close down following an agreement on ethics legislation last year that included new anti-corruption laws and independent enforcement at the state Board of Elections.

The January 2016 letter from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, accuses de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates by using county committees to avoid donation limits.

• Transforming the ethical environment in Government: Governor Cuomo's «Clean Up Albany» agenda would institute campaign finance reforms including a system of public financing for elections, limits on contribution levels, creating an independent redistricting commission, creating independent monitoring and enforcement of ethics laws, and requiring full disclosure of outside income and clients.

A January 2016 letter from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, which was leaked to the Daily News in April, accused de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates by using county committees to avoid donation limits.

Stronger enforcement of the law and penalties for violations will be enforced by a new body, the Fair Elections Board, to be situated within the state Board of Elections.

Risa Sugarman, currently the deputy commissioner of the criminal investigations division for the Department of Taxation and Finance, has been nominated as the board's chief enforcement counsel, overseeing a new unit tasked with enforcing the state's election laws.

Along with vigilant enforcement of the law, disclosure of contributions, and lower contribution limits, public financing of elections can «end the mad chase for campaign cash that starts some elected officials down the road to corruption and... make candidates dependent on ordinary voters rather than special interests.»

The Division of Election Law Enforcement will continue to work together with its law enforcement partners, including the Attorney General, to assure New Yorkers that violations of the public trust do not go unpunished.&raqLaw Enforcement will continue to work together with its law enforcement partners, including the Attorney General, to assure New Yorkers that violations of the public trust do not go unpunisEnforcement will continue to work together with its law enforcement partners, including the Attorney General, to assure New Yorkers that violations of the public trust do not go unpunished.&raqlaw enforcement partners, including the Attorney General, to assure New Yorkers that violations of the public trust do not go unpunisenforcement partners, including the Attorney General, to assure New Yorkers that violations of the public trust do not go unpunished.»

A state supreme court justice in Albany has ruled that the Senate Republicans must comply with subpoenas issued by the state Board of Elections chief enforcement counsel looking deeply into potential violations of state election law.

The impression a dispassionate observer would have from the failure of security and law enforcement during the Bayelsa election (which was conducted in Nigeria's smallest state with the lowest number of registered voters) would be that the federal government permitted or condoned the strong - arm tactics of the ruling party's candidate in his ultimately vain effort to secure that state's rulership by force.

New Jersey State Constitution House of Representatives Senate Office of Legislative Services Election Law Enforcement Commission State Auditor

The $ 138 billion budget agreement did include new anti-bribery and anti-fraud laws as well as a new enforcement officer at the state Board of Elections.

Last year, lawmakers agreed to new anti-corruption laws and an independent enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections that came as the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption was closed.

Ahead of last year's elections, state Senate Republicans boosted many of their candidates with financial support from a campaign fund that was barred under state law from being used to promote individual candidates, according to a court filing by the state Board of Elections» independent enforcemenelections, state Senate Republicans boosted many of their candidates with financial support from a campaign fund that was barred under state law from being used to promote individual candidates, according to a court filing by the state Board of Elections» independent enforcemenElections» independent enforcement office.

I propose new anti-bribery and corruption laws, public financing of elections, independent enforcements at the board of elections, and disclosure of outside clients with business before the state.

Unfortunately the State Board of Elections only exacerbates the problem with lax enforcement of the law.

The legislation would increase state enforcement, root out rampant abuses in election law and ensure absolute and full disclosure of all donors.

When Albany created the post of Chief Enforcement Counsel to the New York State Board of Elections, it was supposed to be a breakthrough toward dealing with corruption in the state's often opaque Election Law.

Since the NPP's election victory, the escalation of such acts of lawlessness by irate NPP youth has prompted renewed scrutiny, but has been met with little restraint from the party's supporters or increased action from law enforcement.

A January 2016 memo from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, accuses de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates using county committees to avoid donation limits.

The laws include provisions against bribery, a new enforcement unit at the state Board of Elections and requirements including spending and contributor reports from groups issuing public communications for or against candidates or ballot propositions.

He will, apparently, propose adding $ 4 million to create an independent oversight entity at the state Board of Elections that will beef up the currently all - but nonexistent enforcement of the existing election laws.

Instead, Cuomo highlighted where the 25 - member panel agrees: tightening disclosure laws, strengthening bribery penalties and better enforcement at the state Board of Elections.

The independent enforcement counsel at the state Board of Elections says she views campaign committees with a negative balance as a «very serious violation» of election law, which could result in a slew of enforcement actions.

The concern stems in part from language released Thursday that some worry could hamper the power of the enforcement counsel to investigate potential violations of election law.

The Law on Elections of the President of Ukraine was adopted on 25 March 1999... [But] selective interpretation and enforcement of legal provisions at various levels of the State structure prevented the uniform application of the lLaw on Elections of the President of Ukraine was adopted on 25 March 1999... [But] selective interpretation and enforcement of legal provisions at various levels of the State structure prevented the uniform application of the lawlaw.

By working with a strong, independent Enforcement Counsel at the Board of Elections, we've held public officials accountable time and again for breaking the law and cheating New Yorkers,» Schneiderman said.

In his letter, Laufer argues Sugarman or someone at the state Board of Elections may have broken the law by leaking the memo, which could constitute interference with an ongoing law enforcement investigation, or could deprive people of their right to a fair trial.

Federal law enforcement authorities are collecting information from the State Elections Enforcement Commission in their newly launched criminal grand jury investigation of whether Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's 2014 re-election campaign was financed illegally by the state Democrenforcement authorities are collecting information from the State Elections Enforcement Commission in their newly launched criminal grand jury investigation of whether Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's 2014 re-election campaign was financed illegally by the state DemocrEnforcement Commission in their newly launched criminal grand jury investigation of whether Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's 2014 re-election campaign was financed illegally by the state Democratic Party.

In the end, Moreland panel Co-Chair William Fitzpatrick, the Onondaga County district attorney, asked the board's representatives if he was correct in thinking that its enforcement wing was «completely and woefully inadequate to enforce its statutory duties to investigate violations of the election law — do you agree with that, yes or no?»

ALBANY — Albany County District Attorney David Soares is facing a personal injury lawsuit filed by two leaders of a law enforcement union who claim they suffered «mental anguish» from comments Soares made about them during the 2008 election cycle.

«It's also the right thing for the state Democratic Party to fully cooperate with the state Election Enforcement Commission's investigation of Governor Malloy's and their purposeful, inappropriate and possibly illegal circumvention and outright disregard of state law during the 2014 gubernatorial campaign,» Rell said.

Later that month, when he released his proposed state budget, Cuomo included a number of reforms: anti-bribery measures; the creation of an independent enforcement office for election - law violations; tighter campaign - fund - raising laws; and increased disclosure requirements for legislators» outside income.

Albany insiders predict that state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Officer Risa Sugarman's days are numbered if Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. doesn't agree with her recently leaked finding that Mayor Bill de Blasio and several political aides broke the law by raising large sums of campaign cash for state Senate candidates.

Governor Andrew Cuomo surrendered the commission — and its subpoenas — after lawmakers agreed to greater enforcement at the board of elections and changes to bribery laws.

The lack of enforcement of campaign finance laws by the Board of Elections has been well documented, most recently by the short - lived Moreland Commission.

The State Elections Enforcement Commission on Tuesday sent federal election regulators a strongly worded denunciation of the state Democratic Party's plan to pay for part of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election effort with money raised for federal congressional campaigns — saying that it would «circumvent and violate» state clean - election laws.

He read aloud a letter he wrote to Governor Cuomo demanding that Cuomo «fully investigate the allegations uncovered by [Board of Elections Enforcement Counsel Risa] Sugarman and reported by the national media concerning Mr. deBlasio's (sic) open and nefarious Election Law violations.»

He and his lawyer have used Risa Sugarman, the BOE enforcement counsel who used to work for Cuomo, and the leak of her referral to investigators to discredit allegations that the fundraising he spearheaded broke election laws.

Then there is a process by which after that is done, law enforcement personnel or board of elections personnel accompany the memory card which is first secured in a secured bag placed within a secured larger bag, back to the board of elections from each polling place.

In the wake of a number of high - profile corruption cases, Sugarman's independent office was created in 2014 to bolster election law enforcement in New York.

Mr. Laufer's letter questioned the integrity of the report's author, Risa S. Sugarman, the elections board's chief enforcement counsel, and accused her of failing to understand state law.

The budget includes funding for a Independent Division of Election Law Enforcement within the State Board of Elections.