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Caribbean L 6 ife, Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 2019
Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams with broad coalition of advocates
outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Manhattan offi ce.
Offi ce of Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Williams, advocates call
for fair election financing
By Nelson A. King
Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams
on Thursday joined a broad coalition of
advocates outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s
Manhattan office to demand fair election
financing as the state’s Public Financing
Commission is approaching the deadline
to put forth its plan for implementing a
public financing system for legislative and
statewide elections.
Advocates have raised concerns
throughout the public hearing process
that the commission’s recommendations
will allow for high dollar donations and
limit the participation of third parties.
During the rally, the public advocate
called on the Commission to make several
changes to the plan as currently reported,
including halving all contribution limits,
regulatory restrictions, an oversight body,
the removal of heightened ballot qualification
thresholds for third party organizations
and implementation of the program
by the 2022 elections.
“With just a week left, the Public Campaign
Financing Commission’s current
plan will not empower people through fair
elections,” Williams said. Instead, it would
protect the people in power.
“In 2018, the top 100 donors gave more
money than all 137,000 donors combined,”
he added. “That’s absurd, and the
plan that Gov. Cuomo and Jay Jacobs support
will not do nearly enough to change
a system that gives the wealthiest people
control.
“Advocates, legislators, leaders, know
that we have an opportunity to create a
public financing system that uplifts the
voices of all New Yorkers; but, as it stands,
it will instead serve as an incumbency protection
program,” Williams continued.
The public advocate had previously
called on the Commission to implement
a 6-1 matching funds system and to preserve
fusion voting, among other measures,
at a public hearing.
Among the reforms he is pushing
before the Commission’s deadline on Dec.
1 include: Significantly lowering limits
for Assembly, State Senate, and statewide
elections by halving the current recommendations;
maintaining current thresholds
for ballot access for minor parties; and
setting a cap on public funds that can be
used for each office at amounts adequate
to enable competitive campaigns but not
so high as to risk depleting the state’s
reserves.
Williams is also advocating an implementation
date for the public financing
system for 2022, rather than 2024 and
2026; and developing alternatives to the
proposed in-district donation restrictions.
He said Thursday’s rally built on the
massive grassroots effort led by the over
200 organizations supporting the Fair
Elections for New York campaign to
implement public financing throughout
the state.
Campaign members who attended the
rally said the program must include at
least a 6-to-1 match on small donations for
both primary and general elections, lower
contribution limits and an independent
enforcement unit.
The campaign also called attempts to
eliminate fusion voting or otherwise harm
minor parties an irrelevant political distraction.
“The commission was created to build
recommendations for a campaign finance
program that empowers New Yorkers and
limits the influence of money in our elections,”
said State Senator Alessandra Biaggi.
“Any plan that favors large-donors and
diminishes fusion voting is a departure
from that original intent.
“Under a small donor matching system,
having access to a network of wealthy
donors will no longer be a prerequisite for
candidacy,” she said. “Instead, candidates
will be able to launch their campaigns
through small contributions, amplifying
the voices of working-class New Yorkers
and diversifying political power.
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