The passage of legislation creating a New York State “Public Campaign Financing and Election Commission” to undertake election law reforms such as enacting public financing of state elections continues a worrisome and legally perilous practice of delegating the legislative function to a nine-member commission appointed by the governor and legislature.

What is significant is that this commission’s authorizing powers allow it to both (1) enact, and (2) repeal, laws previously enacted unless the state Legislature overturns the commission’s bills within a limited 20 day time period.

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