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Zellnor Myrie: “We had allowed on the campaign finance side for LLCs to…”

Featuring: Zellnor Myrie, Democratic | New York State Senate, District 20

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New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie Discusses Voting Rights and Legislative Achievements on Defending Democracy Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 04:39

And that is what seems like an innocuous and basic thing, but emblematic of some of the things that we had not been doing for too long in this state. We had allowed on the campaign finance side for LLCs to contribute an unlimited amount to campaigns. And we had to close that loophole in our first year. And who would have known that in 2019 we were on the precipice of a once in a century pandemic, one that would necessitate easing access to the ballot. (04:39–04:47)

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Asserts that there was a loophole allowing LLCs to contribute unlimited amounts to campaigns in New York.

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