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NCPE Town Hall Meeting Join us on June 28, 2008 for the Third NCPE Town Hall Meeting. NCPE in the News: 2008 "Court Hopeful Says Consultant Pitched Deal" (Las Vegas Review Journal) "Given $50,000 He Decides to Run" (Las Vegas Sun) Acting President Julie Tousa on Jon Ralston's "Face to Face: Ethics Complaint" Meet the Acting President of NCPE, Julie Tousa "New Watchdog of Public Ethics Continues Enforcing Vital Unwritten Law" (Las Vegas Review Journal) "Partying Away As Taxpayers Pay and Pay" (Las Vegas Sun) Ethics Legislation 2007 NCPE at the 2007 Nevada State Legislature: Summary and Details "Article 6 Commission" to study and recommend improvements in the Nevada judiciary NCPE statement about the danger of big donors contributing to Supreme Court justice election campaigns. Judicial Ethics & the Complaint Processes Craig Walton's letter, to the Las Vegas Business Journal in favor of the new plan for judicial selection
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NCPE at the NV Legislature -SB 79
February 26, 2007 TO: Senator and Chair Barbara Cegavske and Committee Members, Senate Committee on Legislative Operations & Elections Dear Senator Cegavske; Concerning SB 79, we speak in support and shall come to the hearing if the Sawyer Bldg. videoconferencing is available. SB 79 requires that electronic voting machines must give also a permanent paper ballot as a record in case of need. Our Comment: We strongly support and recommend passage of SB 79. Our entire electoral system hinges on its truthfulness and Nevada=s need that Nevadans trust the electoral system. With computers being Ahackable@, as is known nationally to be possible, a permanent paper record of a citizen=s vote might be the only uncorrupted evidence in a challenged or too-close race. Thank you for your consideration. FROM: Dr. Craig Walton, President, and Members, Nevada Center for Public Ethics Go to other 2007 testimonies AB 80, to require Limited Liability Corporations (LLC’s) to report contributions. As to the relationship to NCPE's 11 proposals, AB 80, is close to NCPE's proposal on p. 1 of our doc. AB 109, - allows leftover campaign monies to go to a public-purpose Trust Fund. AB 143, - changes the NV. Commission on Ethics deadline for completing an inquiry from 45 days to 1 year, and also allows the complainee to be told what is happening to his or her complaint. SJR 1 - removes the requirement that affidavits be provided with ballot initiative petitions. SB 79 - brings our statutes into line with a court ruling that the affidavit requirement for ballot petitions is a violation of the First Amendment. SB 144, to require Limited Liability Corporations (LLC's) to report contributions. AB 142, to require ethics instruction and lobbyists to the Executive Dept. to register and report expenditures. AB 335 - dealing with campaign disclosure SB 425 - to new detail on political contributions, and to include legal defense funds in that category. AB 312, dealing with campaign disclosure AB 605 requires ethics training for new public officers and also for lobbyists, forbids the use of one’s office staff or equipment for campaign purposes, and doubles the three levels of penalties for violating ethics laws. SB 495 provides a one-year cooling off period for persons leaving the Public Utilities Commission, the Gaming Control Board, or “former public officers or employees”. SB 494 - dealing with primary, general, and municipal elections, SB 494 changes the filing deadline for campaign contribution reports.
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