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New York Post
3 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
Campaign Finance Board's voter-guide fiasco errors are no laughing matter
A near-$7 million bungle by the city Campaign Finance Board is fresh sign that an outfit with huge power over city elections is in dire need of overhaul — if not elimination. The CFB's voter-outreach arm, NYC Votes, last month spent $6.85 million of taxpayer money mailing 3.5 million 'voter information' guides that were riddled with huge errors, from listing Mayor Eric Adams and four other non-candidates as on the ballot in the Democratic primary to falsely 'informing' the public about a Republican primary that doesn't exist. It also left out two entire City Council races. 'It's an interesting error from a system that demands absolute perfection from candidates, where a one letter typo can cost a campaign tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees or even removal from the ballot entirely,' fumed Corinne Fisher to PoliticoNY; she's one of the candidates the guide falsely lists as on the ballot. NYC Votes also managed to advertise the wrong date for the primary during at least four games at CitiField, Gothamist discovered. Maybe they think Mets fans shouldn't vote? Or maybe the CFB should adopt a slogan from Casey Stengel's verdict on the Amazins: 'Can't anybody here play this game?' The board says it'll mail out new guides with the correct info to all 3 million potential Democratic primary voters; we guess it won't worry about Republicans who rely on its bad info and head to the polls for a fictional race. All this would be easier to laugh at if the Campaign Finance Board didn't have such vast and unaccountable power over city campaigns. On Friday, it airily slammed the Andrew Cuomo campaign with a $675,000 penalty because it disapproves of the Cuomo website, following a $622,000 fine two weeks before over the same issue — namely, how an independent pro-Cuomo superPAC can use the site to figure out his chief issues. And of course the board has summarily refused to allow the mayor any matching funds at all, crippling his re-election campaign over federal charges that have now been permanently deep-sixed. Reminder: Back 2013, the CFB all but anointed Bill de Blasio the next mayor by denying funds to his most-similar competitor, John Liu. And in 2001, it imperiously declared that there would be no additional campaigning in the primary elections after they had to be rescheduled when the planes hit the towers on the original Primary Day — a completely arbitrary decision that was conceivably key to Mike Bloomberg's victory that November. If you're keeping score, that's two mayors out of the last three who arguably won thanks to this elected board whose decisions can at best be contested in court cases that won't be settled until long after any given Election Day — and it has already played a huge role in this year's contest, too. Yet it can't even produce a reliable voters' guide: Surely, the Charter Reform Commission should be at least looking at some proposal to oversee or eliminate the CFB and the entire corrupt 'public campaign finance' system? For the record: Primary Day is June 24, even for Mets fans.
New York Times
6 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
Cuomo Loses Another $675,000 Over Suspected Super PAC Coordination
Andrew M. Cuomo was denied another $675,000 in public matching funds on Friday, as the New York City Campaign Finance Board said it continued to believe his mayoral campaign had illicitly coordinated with a super PAC. The penalty was yet another avoidable setback for Mr. Cuomo. He has now been penalized nearly $1.3 million in total, a significant loss of public funds that could have been spent in the final weeks before the June 24 Democratic primary. The sanction came as the board doled out the final tranche of matching funds before early voting began in roughly two weeks. Public polling shows that Mr. Cuomo, the former governor of New York who resigned in scandal in 2021, continues to lead, with a handful of more liberal alternatives vying to prevent his return to office. Several of them were awarded with hundreds of thousands of dollars in matching funds on Friday, multiplying what they had raised in private contributions. The most notable recipient was Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker and a late entrant into the race, who had yet to qualify for matching funds. Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, who is polling second behind Mr. Cuomo and has already reached the city's maximum funding limit, had urged his supporters to contribute to Ms. Adams's campaign to help her meet the funding threshold. She walked away on Friday with $2 million, an infusion large enough to stage a television ad campaign before Primary Day. 'With these funds, the campaign anticipates an aggressive, on-the-ground and over-the-airwaves blitz in the final stretch, as momentum continues to build for Adrienne's effective leadership,' said Lupe Todd-Medina, her spokeswoman. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Bucks County votes today in the 2025 primary. Follow here for updates, election results
Visit and refresh this page throughout the day for news and notes on the Pennsylvania primary in Bucks County and across the commonwealth. Welcome to Primary Day in Pennsylvania. While the election season of 2025 hasn't grabbed the same headlines of last year's presidential race and down ballot contests, there are still important decision for voters to make. Votes in contested primaries today will set up the races that will appear on the ballot in the general election Nov. 4. Some of those races will likely decide the ultimate winner as some of Tuesday's top-vote getters won't face any opposition in the fall for council seats and mayor posts around the county. But, remember primaries are party affairs. If you aren't registered as either Democrat or Republican, you'll need to sit this one out at the polls. Pennsylvania is a closed primary state, meaning only registered party members have a vote. So let's get into it. Check back here early and often for updates throughout the day and night for what's happening at the polls in Bucks County, news from around the state and of course election results once counting begins and tallies are in Tuesday night. The primary in Pennsylvania is Tuesday, May 20. -Bruce Siwy Be informed: Eight things to know before Tuesday's primary in Bucks County Polls in Pennsylvania are to open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. If you're in line at your polling place by 8 p.m., you should be permitted to vote. Don't leave the line. -Bruce Siwy This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Who is running in Bucks County primaries? Who is on the ballot
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Monday's Campaign Round-Up, 5.19.25: Ramaswamy's path becomes even easier in Ohio
Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * With a year remaining before Ohio's Republican gubernatorial primary, the race is apparently already over: Dave Yost, who has years of experience serving as state auditor and state attorney general, suspended his candidacy late last week, clearing the way of Vivek Ramaswamy to win the GOP nomination, despite never having held public office. * Donald Trump on Friday endorsed Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's re-election bid in West Virginia, which is only notable because the incumbent senator is facing a primary challenge from former state Rep. Derrick Evans, who served three months in prison for participating in the Jan. 6 riot. * Last fall, voters in Missouri approved an abortion rights amendment to the state constitution. Now, Republican policymakers in the state have approved a new referendum that would repeal the measure the state's electorate just endorsed. * With about a month remaining before Primary Day in New Jersey, Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey found Rep. Mikie Sherrill with a growing lead in the crowded Democratic field. Sherrill's 28% support outpaced Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, who were tied for second with each garnering 11% support. (Click the link for more information on the poll's methodology and margin of error.) * Mike Pence's 2024 presidential campaign will apparently be his last: The former Republican vice president appeared on NBC News' 'Meet the Press' and told Kristen Welker, in reference to national races, 'I don't see that in my future.' * In Texas, where Sen. John Cornyn is facing a tough primary challenge from state Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican incumbent kicked off a 'Crooked Ken Paxton' campaign last week. Their primary election is still 10 months away. * And according to The Wall Street Journal, Trump was directly involved in convincing Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene not to run for the Senate in Georgia next year. The president apparently showed her a polling report that suggested she could win a primary, but she'd lose to Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff by 18 points. This article was originally published on
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Virginia early voting starts Friday for June primaries
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Early voting for the June primaries starts today. The primaries will determine who will appear on the ballot for the general election in November. If you want to vote early in the June primaries, you have from May 2 until June 14 at your local voter registration office. 'So, most localities in this 757 are having just a Democratic Party primary election,' said Norfolk Director of Elections and General Registrar, Stephanie Iles. Registered voters can vote in any primary election in their precinct. All 133 Virginia counties and cities have Democratic primaries, but only 31 will have a Republican primary. 'There are a couple of localities that are having a dual party primary, meaning both parties, Democratic and Republican, are having their election on the same day. And in those cases in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, they're going to ask you which ballot style you would like so that you could vote for the candidates of your choice,' said Iles. If you want to cast a ballot, make sure you bring your voter ID. That could be your driver's license, military ID, passport or any form of a photo ID. 'We will have two Saturdays of early voting before the election, June 7th and June 14th. The last day to vote early will be June 14th,' said Iles. You have 45 days to vote early. Primary Day is June 17th. 'So you can register to vote, you can check your voter registration, you can apply for an absentee ballot by mail, or you can request to become an officer of election simply by downloading the My Norfolk app,' said Iles. For an in-depth voter's guide, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
