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Advocates for campaign finance openness honor Apodaca

By Bill Moss, Published: December 17, 2014

The North Carolina Voters for Clean Election Coalition honored state Sen. Tom Apodaca and four state House members with its Friend of Disclosure Award for their efforts to enact a law improving public access to campaign finance reports.

Senate Bill 403 requires all statewide candidates who raise more than $5,000 and all other candidates who raise more than $10,000 to file campaign finance reports electronically starting in 2017.
The organization also gave its Friend of Disclosure Award to state Reps. Pricey Harrison, David Lewis, Paul Luebke and Paul Stam.
"We applaud these legislators for taking bold steps towards increasing the accountability and transparency in elections," said Melissa Price Kromm, director of North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections. "Electronic filing brings North Carolina into the 21st century by replacing costly, wasteful and cumbersome paper reports with more efficient, accurate and speedy disclosure."