But 527s, whether they are supporting presidential
candidates or state campaigns, also often have ties to the those campaigns, even
as they maintain their
status as independent expenditure groups.
(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any
candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such
candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the
independent panel., except that once a
candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported
as highly qualified by at least two of the last four
independent screening panels for that office, that
candidate shall be considered
as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the
candidate shall have last achieved such
status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the
independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such
candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the
candidate to make such an application.