ALBANY — Activists who believe the state should hold a constitutional
convention are outspending those opposed to the idea, according to
campaign filings submitted to the state Board of Elections in recent
days.
State voters will decide in November whether or not such a convention
will be held. Proponents of the vote have identified $768,260 worth of
expenditures this year on their disclosure reports, slightly more than
the $709,430 spent by the well-heeled coalition that has been formed to oppose the vote.
But the filings tell only a small portion of the story. There’s
clear evidence that much more money has been spent than has been
identified in campaign finance reports, and that most of this
undisclosed spending has gone to benefit the convention’s opponents.
For example, black lawn signs have popped up in every corner
of the state urging a "no" vote on the convention question. In some
neighborhoods in the Capital Region, the signs have become at least as
ubiquitous, if not more so, as lawn signs supporting either Donald Trump
or Hillary Clinton a year ago.
The signs were created by New York State United Teachers. But an
accounting for them doesn't appear anywhere in records submitted to the
Board of Elections.
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Source: Politico (via The Empire Report)
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