[Podcast] Top 5 Takeaways from New Jersey’s 2023 Pay-to-Play Reform
[WEBINAR] "Walking the Line" - Public Agencies', Officials' and Employees' Roles in Local Elections
To ensure the validity of its elections, a community association must conduct its elections in full compliance with Florida law and its governing documents, which includes enforcing its voting certificate requirements, if...more
Yesterday's post concerned California's statutory scheme governing the gubernatorial power to fill vacant United States Senate seats. The relevant statute requires that the person appointed be an "elector of this state". ...more
The Georgia State Senate kicked off the second half of the 2021 Legislative Session on Tuesday by considering four measures on the hot topic of the year — Georgia’s election laws. Each bill passed, although three of four were...more
The Election Law Enforcement Commission, the New Jersey Government body charged with jurisdiction over the state’s campaign-finance laws, announced last week that it will hold a public hearing with opportunity for comment on...more
Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued New York State Executive Order ("EO") No. 202.15, which modifies or suspends several New York State (the "State") statutes, laws, codes, rules and regulations and further establishes directives to...more
On March 18, 2020, Governor Abbott’s office temporarily suspended a limited number of provisions of the Texas Election Code and Texas Water Code regarding general or special elections that have been ordered for May 2, 2020 in...more
California Appellate Court Invalidates Water District Board Election - A recent decision by a California appellate court highlights the importance of holding elections in accordance with the time and date requirements of...more
In Governor Murphy’s January 14, 2020 State of the State address, the first-term governor promised to propose, in the coming weeks, reforms to the State’s ethics laws, financial disclosures, and pay-to-play laws. The Governor...more
On April 1, 2019, New York State passed its 2019?2020 budget with an amended Election Law §3-110, which provides employees with time off to vote. Effective immediately, all employers must provide New York employees who are...more
On June 12, 2018, a group of U.S. Senate Democrats introduced legislation that would require state and local governments to take steps to deter federal election tampering. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey...more
Two changes were made to the California Political Reform Act when Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 45 last month. The first is a technical amendment that codifies the FPPC regulations directly into the Act. More importantly,...more