Jeff Brindle Archives - New Jersey Globe

Elections Transparency Act has allowed party committees to raise extra $671k so far

August 3, 2023 11:57 amAugust 4, 2023 9:31 am

New Jersey’s campaign finance laws were upended earlier this year when Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Elections Transparency Act, which dramatically increased campaign fundraising limits for state party committees. And those committees are already reaping the benefits, according to a...

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’s new leadership will have the power to reshape 2025 gubernatorial fundraising

April 11, 2023 2:56 pm

How much should it cost to become governor of New Jersey? That’s a thorny question, but it’s one that the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), which determines gubernatorial contribution and spending limits, is tasked with answering. Currently, gubernatorial...

Murphy signs controversial Elections Transparency Act into law

April 3, 2023 3:39 pmApril 4, 2023 9:46 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has signed the Elections Transparency Act into law, bringing about major changes to New Jersey’s campaign finance regulations as well as to the Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), a state agency dedicated to regulating money in politics....

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....

Elections Transparency Act clears committee, probably for the final time

March 23, 2023 5:01 pmMarch 24, 2023 11:15 am

After more than a month of intense debate, and nearly a year after it was first introduced, the so-called “Elections Transparency Act” cleared the Assembly Appropriations Committee today in what may be its final committee vote before it passes the...