Eric Jaso Archives - New Jersey Globe

Murphy has one month left to pick four new ELEC commissioners

June 3, 2023 12:12 pm

Two months ago, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Elections Transparency Act, a wide-ranging bill that gave him a 90-day period to unilaterally select four new commissioners on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). With just 29 days left...

ELEC commissioners resign, pre-empting bill that would force them out

March 30, 2023 6:53 pm

As first reported by NJ Advance Media’s Matt Arco and confirmed by the New Jersey Globe, all three commissioners of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) – Eric Jaso, Steve Holden, and Marguerite Simon – have resigned their...

ELEC commissioners will not discipline Brindle over insensitive email

March 28, 2023 4:14 pmMarch 29, 2023 8:05 am

Following a public hearing, the commissioners of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), the state’s campaign finance watchdog, announced today that they will not discipline ELEC executive director Jeff Brindle over an insensitive email he sent last year....

Senate Republicans may push for ELEC vacancy to be filled

January 31, 2022 11:32 am

With one of the two Republican seats on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) remaining vacant for more than four years, Senate Minority Leader Steven Oroho (R-Franklin) said today that his caucus will work to fill that seat...

Still nothing to report on ELEC board vacancy, governor says

January 24, 2022 3:28 pmJanuary 24, 2022 4:45 pm

Though one of two Republican seats on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) board has been vacant for more than four years, Gov. Phil Murphy said today that he still has no current plan to fill the vacancy....

Murphy declines to say if he’ll fill Republican vacancy on ELEC board

June 9, 2021 2:38 pmJune 9, 2021 6:39 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say whether he planned to nominate another Republican to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. “I’ve got no crisp reply on the law enforcement commission,” he said during Wednesday’s virus briefing. ELEC, the body...

ELEC again denies Rizzo application for public funds

April 22, 2021 12:24 pmApril 22, 2021 8:27 pm

The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission unanimously denied a second application for public matching funds filed by Phil Rizzo’s gubernatorial campaign, ruling statute did not allow ELEC to approve the Hudson County pastor’s late and deficient filing. Rizzo, who...