ALBANY—New York state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Tuesday he wasn’t alarmed by any of a state panel’s controversial recommendations to overhaul how elections are conducted, rebuffing calls that lawmakers take action before the recommendations go into effect later this month. The Campaign Finance Reform Commission, whose nine members were appointed by the state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, issued a formal report on Sunday. The report recommended lowering caps on individual campaign contributions, increasing...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 03, 2019 23:37 UTC