News

  • 9/1/2010 - Municipal party committee contributions available on ELEC website


  • 8/26/2010 - Delaware River Port Authority enacts pay-to-play restrictions


  • 8/26/2010 - Garwood passes redeveloper pay-to-play ordinance


  • 8/25/2010 - ELEC Director suggests a change in PAC requirements.


  • 8/18/2010 - Financial activity by PACs increases


  • 8/17/2010 - Dumont council overturns veto


  • 8/12/2010 - Dumont Mayor Vetoes Ordinance


  • 8/10/2010 - Councilwoman accused of "pay-to-play" by Deputy Clerk


  • 8/10/2010 - Trenton Councilwoman accused of "pay-to-play" in vote to fire Deputy Clerk


  • 8/5/2010 - Dumont's Pay-to-Play Ordinance Vetoed by Mayor


  • 8/5/2010 - Lobbyists' reports available online


  • 7/28/2010 - Lawsuit over Ocean City Pay-to-Play Violation begins


  • 7/26/2010 - Ocean City resident files complaint for violation of pay-to-play ordinance


  • 7/23/2010 - County party committees' second quarter reports


  • 7/21/2010 - New Dumont ordinance draws criticism


  • 7/20/2010 - Fundraising down from last year


  • 7/15/2010 - Second quarterly reports available


  • 7/14/2010 - Senate Democrats seek restrictions on Reform Jersey Now


  • 7/13/2010 - Governor says New Jersey campaign finance rules are unfair


  • 7/12/2010 - Reform Jersey Now able to circumvent state pay-to-play laws


  • 7/8/2010 - Democratic Assemblyman calls press conference to chastise governor's organization


  • 7/6/2010 - Commission calls state pay-to-play law "confusing" and pushes for reforms.


  • 6/22/2010 - Dumont's proposed pay-to-play ordinance draws criticism


  • 6/15/2010 - Pay-to-Play ordinance introduced in Dumont June 15


  • 6/12/2010 - Teaneck still looking for new auditor


  • 6/11/2010 - Jersey City developer could lose contract over pay-to-play violation


  • 6/11/2010 - Ads supporting Governor's tax cap are funded by an organization that does not have to disclose its donors.


  • 6/7/2010 - Group launches ad campaign in support of Governor's proposal to limit property tax increases.


  • 6/2/2010 - Jersey City councilman returns campaign contribution that violates pay-to-play ordinance.


  • 5/27/2010 - Teaneck town auditor will not be paid for work.


  • 5/22/2010 - Cherry Hill Contractor sentenced to prison for pay-to-play violations.


  • 5/20/2010 - Bergen County's "no" vote on pay-to-play draws protests.


  • 5/19/2010 - Extortion charges dropped against former Jersey City assemblyman and brother.


  • 5/18/2010 - Jury will resume deliberations in bribery case.


  • 5/17/2010 - Fair Lawn looks to sever ties with its insurance company over increase in insurance rates.


  • 5/13/2010 - Bergen County Freeholder Board rejects pay-to-play ban.


  • 5/8/2010 - State appeals court strikes down Governor's pay-to-play restrictions on unions.


  • 5/7/2010 - A New Jersey appeals court nullified paragraph 1 of Governor Christie's Executive Order No. 7


  • 5/7/2010 - Provision of Executive Order No. 7 extending pay-to-play restrictions to unions is nullified.


  • 5/7/2010 - Court rules Governor Christie violated separation of powers.


  • 5/6/2010 - Former Governor halts campaign contributions while making sure no conflict with new role at MF Global Holdings.


  • 5/5/2010 - Municipal Candidates file 11-day reports


  • 5/4/2010 - Financial activity by county party committees is down from four years ago.


  • 5/4/2010 - Pay-to-Play laws, economic downturn affect campaign financial activity


  • 5/3/2010 - Hoboken Councilman failed to file required disclosure forms.


  • 4/26/2010 - Dumont Council's ordinance committee reviews pay-to-play ordinances in preparation for drafting one of their own.


  • 4/26/2010 - Newark PAC Empower Newark violated Mayor Booker's Executive Order "in spirit."


  • 4/22/2010 - ELEC recommendations include applying State restrictions to counties and municipalities.


  • 4/22/2010 - ELEC endorses pay-to-play overhaul


  • 4/21/2010 - Republican committee fundraising up from four years ago, while Democratic committee fundraising is down


  • 4/19/2010 - Cash Contributions of Any Amount Now Reportable


  • 4/15/2010 - Contributions to municipal candidates down from four years ago


  • 4/7/2010 - Parsippany town council amends it pay-to-play ordinance


  • 4/7/2010 - Bergen County Republican freeholders renew push for pay-to-play reform


  • 4/6/2010 - Pay-to-play restrictions result in fewer and smaller contributions from business entities


  • 4/6/2010 - Contributions by public contractors have fallen since four years ago


  • 4/2/2010 - Contributions to school board candidates are now searchable.


  • 3/17/2010 - Town Council removes contradictory language and extends bans to labor unions.


  • 3/14/2010 - Parsippany's town council will amend its pay-to-play ordinance to remove contradictory language.


  • 3/13/2010 - Secaucus plans to tighten pay-to-play restrictions


  • 3/11/2010 - Revenues for lobbying firms increased in 2009.


  • 3/8/2010 - Senator cannot use campaign funds for legal defense.


  • 3/2/2010 - Contract awarded to lowest responsible bidder despite campaign contributions.


  • 2/26/2010 - Dumont reviews pay-to-play ordinances and soliciting suggestions for a future ordinance.


  • 2/25/2010 - State's largest worker union files court challenge to Executive Order


  • 2/24/2010 - Four labor unions sue Governor over executive order


  • 2/19/2010 - Annual reports of lobbying activity available next month.


  • 2/19/2010 - Brian Sharkey testified yesterday on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision and its potential impact on New Jersey's campaign finance system.


  • 2/10/2010 - Amended ordinance will come to a final vote 2/16/2010.


  • 2/9/2010 - Atlantic City's response to state audit prompts State senators to consider state monitor.


  • 2/9/2010 - Local candidate financial data available on ELEC website.


  • 2/8/2010 - Dumont contractors made contributions to Borough candidates.


  • 1/31/2010 - 16 candidates have announced intention to run for one of 5 Bergen County offices.


  • 1/29/2010 - Seaside Park repealed a 2009 pay-to-play ordinance.


  • 1/28/2010 - Trenton councilman returns improper campaign contribution.


  • 1/27/2010 - Two firms were accused of violating Morristown's ordinance.


  • 1/24/2010 - Some believe the Supreme Court's decision could have an impact in New Jersey.


  • 1/24/2010 - Contract awarded to Township Attorney who made political contributions.


  • 1/23/2010 - Firm is not admitting to wrongdoing in making contributions during contract.


  • 1/23/2010 - Insurance company lost its contract with the city of Trenton due to unclear ordinance.


  • 1/22/2010 - Financial activity by county party committees has decreased since 2005.


  • 1/22/2010 - US Supreme Court ruling could impact New Jersey State campaign finance laws.


  • 1/22/2010 - Dispute over language of ordinance prevents firm from renewing its contract.


  • 1/21/2010 - Yesterday's decision overturns a 63-year-old law limiting spending by labor and big business.


  • 1/21/2010 - New executive order extends State pay-to-play law to unions.


  • 1/21/2010 - Campaign spending by parties and committees has declined.


  • 1/21/2010 - A new pay-to-play ordinance is likely to be voted on in Bergen County this year.


  • 1/21/2010 - Court rules that restrictions on corporate spending are inconsistent with the protection of political speech.


  • 1/19/2010 - Seaside Park will introduce a new pay-to-play ordinance that would replace the old ordinance.


  • 1/14/2010 - Many professional service providers in southern Bergen County have made campaign contributions.


  • 1/14/2010 - Toms river has replaced its repealed Citizens' Campaign ordinance with a new one that mirrors State law.


  • 1/13/2010 - Proposed resolutions were not discussed during Wednesday's work session.


  • 1/12/2010 - Two newly elected freeholders will propose a resolution tightening Bergen County's pay-to-play law.


  • 1/10/2010 - Seaside Park's council may introduce a measure to repeal its pay-to-play ordinance.


  • 1/7/2010 - First Republican to serve on Bergen County Freeholder Board in three years took office Wednesday.


  • 1/5/2010 - Commission proposing readoption of NJAC 19:25 with amendments and a new rule.


  • 12/30/2009 - Committee votes not to adopt pay-to-play ordinance.


  • 12/27/2009 - Morris Township will vote on a proposed pay-to-play ordinance on Wednesday.


  • 12/20/2009 - Toms River has repealed its pay-to-play ordinance


  • 12/17/2009 - County should have rebid contract for medical services, judge says.


  • 12/16/2009 - Republican freeholders-elect meet with left-leaning Teaneck-based club on pay-to-play


  • 12/13/2009 - Jersey City considers changes following recommendations by an outside law firm.


  • 12/9/2009 - Parsippany Council believes amending its ordinance is a more likely step than hiring an attorney to interpret it.


  • 12/2/2009 - The Hudson County Court will hear arguments tomorrow in the state's first pay-to-play lawsuit.


  • 12/1/2009 - 20-day post-election reports show decline in campaign financial activity.


  • 11/30/2009 - ELEC reports show contributions from business entities that perform public contracts.


  • 11/25/2009 - Parsippany considers hiring conflict counsel to interpret its pay-to-play ordinance.


  • 11/25/2009 - Engineering firm awarded contract for Marion Greenway Park project after pay-to-play concerns are addressed.


  • 11/25/2009 - Council is likely to amend its ordinance instead.


  • 11/24/2009 - 20-Day Post-Election Reports


  • 11/17/2009 - Parsippany's Town Council will vote next week on hiring outside legal to review alleged inconsistencies in its new pay-to-play ordinance.


  • 11/17/2009 - ELEC includes contributions made to local candidates in its searchable database.


  • 11/16/2009 - Pay-to-play ordinance introduced, but with controversy.


  • 11/13/2009 - ELEC’s reports for May 2009 show contributions made by T&M Associates.


  • 11/13/2009 - Bergen County PACs allow donors to evade contribution limits.


  • 11/12/2009 - Governor-elect chooses transition leaders with experience in New Jersey politics.


  • 11/12/2009 - Loopholes in State and local campaign finance laws allow pay-to-play to continue


  • 11/12/2009 - A spokesperson for T&M Associates claims that donations were never made to Jersey City Councilman Mariano Vega's campaign.


  • 11/11/2009 - Governor-elect Christie does not have to adhere to campaign finance restrictions in raising money for his inauguration.


  • 11/11/2009 - A donation to Councilman Vega may prevent an engineering firm from contracting with Jersey City.


  • 11/10/2009 - Former State Sen. Wayne Bryant, convicted last year on corruption charges, has argued in front of the New Jersey Supreme Court to use his campaign account to pay for his criminal defense.


  • 11/5/2009 - ELEC Deputy Director Appointed


  • 10/30/2009 - Hudson County is the center of New Jersey's first known pay-to-play lawsuit.


  • 10/28/2009 - 11-day pre-election reports continue to show decline in financial activity by Assembly candidates.


  • 10/28/2009 - State Assembly candidates are raising and spending less than in 2005.


  • 10/27/2009 - All three New Jersey gubernatorial candidates are calling for ethics reforms, but their approaches vary.


  • 10/27/2009 - 11-day pre-election reports continue to show decline in financial activity by gubernatorial candidates.


  • 10/22/2009 - Financial activity by county party committees has decreased since 2005.


  • 10/19/2009 - Republican Jack Ciattarelli is running for a second term on Somerset County's Freeholder Board.


  • 10/19/2009 - Doug Singleterry, a Democrat and councilman in North Plainfield, is running for Somerset County freeholder with Montgomery Deputy Mayor Cecilia Xie Birge, against incumbent Jack Ciattarelli and Bridgewater Council President Patrick Scaglione.


  • 10/16/2009 - ELEC reports a decline in fundraising and spending by the "Big Six" committees.


  • 10/14/2009 - Democratic candidates for council have announced that focusing on governmental reform and ways to spur economic development is the second half of their vision for Hamilton.


  • 10/11/2009 - NJ ELEC reports that the campaign money spent to date for the of Monmouth County Freeholder is virtually even.


  • 10/10/2009 - Moorestown Council has passed a revised pay-to-play ordinance.


  • 10/8/2009 - Campaign spending in General Assembly contests has decreased from four years ago.


  • 10/7/2009 - Recent filings in Virginia reveal hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions to New Jersey gubernatorial candidates.


  • 10/7/2009 - Campaign spending in New Jersey gubernatorial contest has decreased from four years ago.


  • 10/5/2009 - Green Brook's Township Committee adopted a pay-to-play ordinance September 14.


  • 10/1/2009 - The recent federal corruption bust, that resulted in the arrests of 44 people, has sparked a sudden interest in pay-to-play reform.


  • 9/28/2009 - The City Council has unanimously adopted four ethics laws that cap political contributions, ban redeveloper contributions, require financial disclosures and calls for fair and open competition for professional service contracts.


  • 9/25/2009 - Seth Grossman was hired by City Council last month to provide an opinion about a 2005 campaign contribution received by the Mayor.


  • 9/17/2009 - The Township Council has decided to delay the vote to change Moorestown’s current pay-to-play laws until October 5, 2009 so that the language of the amendments can be modified.


  • 9/14/2009 - Moorestown's council votes tonight on an amendment to its pay-to-play ordinance.


  • 9/10/2009 - Jersey City's Council passed a redeveloper pay-to-play ordinance on second reading last night, with some amendments.


  • 9/10/2009 - Jersey City Redeveloper Pay-to-Play Ordinance


  • 9/2/2009 - ELEC announced that the dates for the gubernatorial public financing debates have been set.


  • 9/2/2009 - A pay-to-play ordinance was passed by Parsippany's Township Council on Monday night.


  • 9/1/2009 - Parsippany's town council voted 3-1 last night to pass a pay-to-play reform ordinance.


  • 8/28/2009 - Secaucus adopted a pay-to-play ordinance on its second reading on Tuesday.


  • 8/25/2009 - Richard Steffen has been sworn in as mayor to replace Dennis Elwell.


  • 8/19/2009 - Jim Leonard of the NJ Chamber of Commerce has a Question-and-Answer session with Your Business.


  • 8/18/2009 - Assembly Republicans called a hearing in Trenton to draft anti-corruption legislation.


  • 8/17/2009 - The public hearing to discuss Parsippany's proposed pay-to-play reform ordinance will be held on August 31, 2009.


  • 8/14/2009 - An editorial in the Star Ledger urges greater pay-to-play restrictions and citizen participation in government.


  • 8/14/2009 - Ocean City's Council has retained counsel to investigate claims that its Mayor violated its pay-to-play ordinance.


  • 8/13/2009 - The Jersey City Council passed a redeveloper pay-to-play ordinance on introduction, but it still has to pass on a final vote.


  • 8/12/2009 - Jersey City will consider a pay-to-play ordinance related to developers today.


  • 8/12/2009 - Parsippany will consider a proposed pay-to-play reform ordinance submitted to the Township by petition.


  • 8/11/2009 - Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz signed five executive orders and an administrative policy designed to address political corruption in the City.


  • 8/9/2009 - Parsippany's town council will discuss a petition proposing a pay-to-play ordinance at their August 11th agenda meeting.


  • 8/7/2009 - State Pay-to-Play law do not prohibit practice of wheeling.


  • 8/5/2009 - Editorial regarding Parsippany's petition endorsing pay-to-play reform.


  • 8/4/2009 - Big donors are sidestepping New Jersey's Pay-to-Play Rules through governor's associations.


  • 8/3/2009 - A petition endorsing pay-to-play reform in Parsippany obtained enough signatures to qualify for November's Election Day ballot.


  • 8/3/2009 - Democracy For America-Somerset is criticizing Somerset County for its award of contracts to campaign donors.


  • 8/3/2009 - Business owners should be alert to increased pay-to-play restrictions.


  • 8/2/2009 - An Asbury Park Press editorial calls for more pay-to-play restrictions.


  • 8/1/2009 - A pay-to-play ordinance was reintroduced at Secaucus' first Town Council meeting following its mayor's resignation.


  • 7/28/2009 - Independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett has name Frank J. Esposito, a professor and former administrator at Kean University in Union, as his lieutenant governor nominee.


  • 7/27/2009 - An ordinance has been introduced to limit future campaign contributions from contractors who conduct unsealed-bid business with the township.


  • 7/26/2009 - Jon Corzine formally announced Loretta Weinberg as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor.


  • 7/23/2009 - The state Sierra Club has asked Gov. Jon S. Corzine to add pay-to-play bans to a pair of laws, including the economic stimulus bill.


  • 7/22/2009 - Sponsors have been selected for New Jersey's gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election debates.


  • 7/21/2009 - The Star Ledger, Bergen Record, and Asbury Park Press all report on Chris Christie's pick for lieutenant govenor.


  • 7/20/2009 - Councilwoman Debra DeVuyst, from Middlesex Borough, has proposed an ordinance that will ban pay-to-play.


  • 7/17/2009 - Gov. Jon S. Corzine is trying to raise upward of $15 million from donors to help pay for his campaign.


  • 7/16/2009 - Ocean City public defender Douglas Walker wants resolution to a dispute over whether his appointment violated the City's Pay-to-Play ordinance.


  • 7/12/2009 - Independent gubernatorial candidate Christopher Daggett suggests that the State’s pay-to-play laws result in an uneven playing field that favors self-funded candidates.


  • 7/6/2009 - Compliance with pay-to-play laws is a source of controversy in Evesham according to a Philadelphia Inquirer article.


  • 7/5/2009 - Porzio's Pay-to-Play database is highlighted as a useful tool for companies who must comply with pay-to-play laws at NorthJersey.com.


  • 7/1/2009 - Porzio's Pay-to-Play database is cited in Politifax as the Best Database of the Week.


  • 6/26/2009 - Republicans will attempt to free a bill pending in a legislative committee that would implement the campaign finance reforms Governor Corzine called for eight months ago.


  • 6/22/2009 - Personal Financial Disclosure Statements filed by independent gubernatorial and legislative candidates will be available for public inspection on June 23, 2009.


  • 6/22/2009 - ELEC has announced the dates when 20-day post-election reports filed by 2009 Primary Election candidates will be disclosed.


  • 6/16/2009 - The Chair of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission annouced the appointment of Jeffrey M. Brindle as Executive Director of the Commission.


  • 6/12/2009 - The Star Ledger: Lieutenant Governor Candidates Face Finance Restrictions


  • 6/8/2009 - Senate President Richard J. Codey and Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts explain that their focus is on the economy, and express uncertainty as to when the Legislature will address additional campaign finance and ethics reform legislation.


  • 6/4/2009 - Unofficial Primary Results Posted


  • 6/2/2009 - The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission is seeking sponsor for the gubernatorial election debates.


  • 6/1/2009 - ELEC's disclosure calendar for candidates and committees participating in the June 2009 Runoff Election


  • 5/29/2009 - State Treasurer's List of State Redevelopment Entities Pursuant to Executive Order No. 118


  • 5/11/2009 - Two New Jersey Republican state senators prepare legislation that would expand the state’s pay-to-play laws to cover projects that receive federal stimulus money.


  • 5/11/2009 - The state's pay-to-play laws are having a major impact on the 2009 gubernatorial race and the ability of candidates to raise money.


  • 5/11/2009 - Harry Pozycki, the Chairman of the Citizens' Campaign, offers his opinions on New Jersey's pay-to-play laws.