Sentences with phrase «of election laws»

Now we'll see how well our patchwork of election laws handles this particular case.

In view of our election just past, and the one next week of our neighbours to the south, I thought it opportune to raise the topic of election laws, and more specifically, absentee voting.

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.

«Given that she states her goal is accuracy and verification, that sounds like the language for an audit,» Ned Foley, the director of Election Law at Moritz at Ohio State's law school tells Business Insider.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate on Tuesday called for a suite of election law changes that are designed to make it easier to vote, strengthen disclosure for campaign finance laws and close loopholes in the law.

«We applaud Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the members of the Election Law Committee for jumpstarting this session's discussion of how to repair our broken system of campaign finance.»

And for good measure, here is the section of election law: § 14 -107-a.

In addition to the search for police corruption, federal investigators are also combing through de Blasio's political fundraising activities for violations of election law.

Haggerty, a convicted felon that specialized in the nuances of election law, challenged Mingott's petitions.

This morning at PS 46 in Oakland Gardens, voters were a little shocked to see a person inside the polling station wearing a «Vote for SJ» t - shirt «assisting voters,» a clear violation of election law.

A complaint filed in Albany City Court charges Ms. Adolphe with three counts of the Class A misdemeanor of Knowingly and Willfully Failing to File Statements, in violation of Election Law § 14 - 126 (4).

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.»

A college intern working for a NYC Council candidate this summer got a lesson in hardball politics and may have run afoul of election law by registering to vote in two different states.

It's unclear whether failing to report this runs afoul of Election Law.

Miccio said he and Bernardino and Myles conceded after seeing a number of signatures they had collected thrown out for not meeting the strict guidelines of election law, such as writing a full name in a signature.

A college intern working for a New York City Council candidate this summer got a lesson in hardball politics and may have run afoul of election law in the process.

I'm grateful to my colleagues Senator Squadron and Assembly Member Kavanagh for their ongoing work on this critical issue and look forward to working with them in the upcoming session to reform this outrageous provision of our election law.»

Both Kosmider and Democratic Committee Secretary Peter Hahn signed the petition twice, she noted, a clear violation of election law.

«A critical component of these Election Law reforms is the long overdue closure of the LLC loophole,» said Speaker Heastie.

Attorney Laurence Laufer, representing de Blasio and others named in the memo, responded to Sugarman last week, saying she showed «profound misunderstanding of election law.»

After assessing a dossier of evidence submitted by the BIJ, the Electoral Commission said it was carrying out a case review, which falls short of a full investigation but could lead to a ruling over whether there had been a breach of election law.

Governor Jindal says there is another already - existing section of the election law that bans any party from calling itself the Independent Party.

Syracuse, NY — Any semblance of peace between Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney and the leadership of her own political party has vaporized amid battles over political patronage and a grand jury investigation into allegations of election law violations.

And Grant appears to be assisting him — potentially in violation of election law.

«They brought it to us and we were under an obligation because I promised the citizens, I promised the citizens that I would take seriously allegations of election law violation and we did.

Indeed, any sort of election law or ethics overhaul legislation is yet to be agreed to as the legislatives session enters its final 48 to 72 hours in Albany.

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.

An Albany County grand jury indicted two Republican state senators — one sitting (Rob Ortt) and one retired (George Maziarz)-- on felony election law violations, as part of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's probe of election law fraud in Niagara County.

The Senate Republicans have never let a little thing like the gray areas of election law stop them from dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into races when they thought it might help them either win back or hold the majority (depending on the year).

Assembly 70th District: Assemblyman Keith L. Wright is Chair of the Election Law Committee.

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?»

Schoenberger and Ed Day both said they believed Ryan Karben broke the spirit of election law when he boasted of giving LaCorte $ 25,000 on Day's Facebook page.

The aforementioned suit over a candidate's use of LLC money was settled out of court, so there hasn't yet been a clear test of what might be called the Sugarman Doctrine, which assumes underutilized power in the sections of election law prohibiting attempts to circumvent contribution limits and obfuscate the true source of campaign money.

With the indictment of the Dutchess County Democratic elections commissioner and a former Republican elections commissioner on misconduct and other alleged violations of election law, the job of ensuring voting integrity begins.

An attorney, Kavanagh has been active in the Assembly as chair of the Election Day Operations and Voter Disenfranchisement Subcommittee and a member of the Election Law Committee and as an advocate for improving the voting process.

A report by Sugarman in 2016 found «willful and flagrant» violations of election law by a group of political operatives known as Team de Blasio in channeling cash through county and state party committees to three ultimately unsuccessful Democratic Senate candidates» campaigns.

Candidates and Campaigns Committee recruits suitable candidates for county elective office, screen candidates for approval by the County Committee, provide information and logistical support to candidates for village, town and county elective office, and assist in their campaigns within the county; this group shall also maintain a County Committee liaison with the county board of elections, provide advice on requirements of the Election Law, and prepare petitions for Democratic candidates; in addition it will maintain communications with the state and national Democratic Parties and develop and support candidates for state and federal office in concert with the state and national parties.

He estimates $ 1 million was spent on an army of attorneys for both sides — all ending in the most minor of election law transgressions.

Judge Cahill ruled that Quigley had through documentation and by testimony in court «manifested an intent, coupled with physical presence without an aura of sham, to demonstrate that his listed address on the designating petitions complies with the requirement of election law.»

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.

As a legislator, I used to write a lot of election law, and I know that Albany calls the shots.

«We take deep dives into the financial disclosure or the lack of financial disclosure and violations of election law.»

Fernando Mateo, founder of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, came clean about the blatant violation of election law after The Post learned he had personally solicited a donation for Hizzoner and then had Ahlam Jaoui take credit for it.

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