Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Campaign Finance topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Ethics staff publish election snapshot; campaign finance totals approach mid-tens of millions
Summary
Outreach staff presented an 'info election 2016' snapshot and campaign finance dashboard. Staff said reported contributions and independent expenditures were about $29.1 million earlier and updated the figure to roughly $34 million as filings continued.
Outreach and compliance officer Jared Flores presented an election-season snapshot intended to direct the public to the commission’s campaign finance dashboards and website.
Flores said the snapshot was a "snapshot in time" to show how much contributions and independent expenditures were being reported in the November election. When asked about a $29.1 million figure, Flores said staff had been continuing to process filings and that the amount had increased to about $34,000,000 as of the previous day.
Commissioners and staff said the materials are designed to offer context and to help the public and watchdog groups find objective data about candidate expenditures, third-party spending and other election activity. Staff said they had attached the snapshot to the agenda and distributed it through the commission’s interested-persons list and that they were developing a web rollout to make the material more easily accessible.
Members of the public and advocacy groups praised the clarity of the report and urged wider distribution. Staff said they will pursue broader outreach, including posting tools on the commission website and pushing the information through the interested-persons list.
