{"id":131772,"date":"2016-02-29T14:18:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T21:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=131772"},"modified":"2016-02-29T16:16:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:16:54","slug":"governor-oks-upgrades-to-states-campaign-finance-reporting-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/02\/governor-oks-upgrades-to-states-campaign-finance-reporting-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor OKs upgrades to state’s campaign finance reporting system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gov. Susana Martinez signed a bill on Monday that aims to make\u00a0it easier for New Mexicans to track money flowing through the state’s political system.<\/p>\n

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Heath Haussamen \/ NMPolitics.net<\/p>

Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday signed legislation aimed at making it easier for New Mexicans to track money flowing through the state’s political system.<\/p><\/div>\n

House Bill 105<\/a> requires that candidate, lobbyist and political actions committee finance reports be filed electronically. It requires upgrades to the state’s campaign finance reporting system<\/a>\u00a0to make it easier for the public to search and cross-check contributions. And it sets more uniform reporting standards.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m proud to sign this bill into law because it will provide much-needed improvements to our campaign finance reporting system,” Martinez said in a news release. “Establishing uniform standards for electronic reporting will make our system more accurate and transparent, and allow for more New Mexicans to more easily access this information.”<\/p>\n

The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Jim Smith, R-Sandia Park, and Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, D-Albuquerque.<\/p>\n

The push for reform<\/a> of the state’s campaign finance reporting system was sparked by last year’s\u00a0criminal case against then-Secretary of State Dianna Duran, who pleaded guilty to two felonies<\/a> related to abusing the system and resigned. Duran was essentially stealing money from her campaign accounts to feed a gambling addiction.<\/p>\n

Revelations last year that several state lawmakers’ finance reports had problems increased pressure on the Legislature to approve reform.\u00a0For example, Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas, D-Albuquerque, failed to report thousands of dollars in contributions<\/a> that were publicly listed as donations to his campaign on reports filed by lobbyists and political committees — thus\u00a0the push to be able to cross-reference candidates’ reports with those filed by lobbyists and PACs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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