NYPIRG: 100,000 campaign violations in 2 years
The New York Public Interest Research Group found more than 100,000 violations of New York state's campaign finance system — all in just the last two years. NYPIRG released a report describing the violations found — 103,805 to be exact — between January 2011 and January 2013.
While Bill Mahoney, the research coordinator for NYPIRG, noted that many of the violations are relatively minor, he said the sheer volume of violations found show there is not enough being done to prevent corruption within the current campaign finance system.
"There are probably many more problems that don't get caught because the filing system is such a mess," Mahoney said at a press event announcing the report.
Mahoney discussed at the event how many of the violations occurred, citing donations given over the legal limit, failure to report addresses of donors, missing dates and the reporting of information such as expenditures.
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