Campaign Finance Advocates Hit the Airwaves

The New York Times reports that advocates for campaign finance reform are spending $800,000 in television ads to build public support for the issue.

The ad was created by SKDKnickerbocker, which is viewed as being close to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. It is being paid for by the Public Campaign Action Fund, Citizen Action of New York and SuperPAC New York Friends of Democracy, and Sean Eldridge.

The Times seems to be getting a bit ahead of itself (or ahead of Gov. Cuomo, at least):

“Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, is proposing a system of public financing that is modeled after the one used in New York City, where, in exchange for abiding by strict spending limits, candidates can receive $6 in public funds to match every dollar they collect in donations up to $175. Mr. Cuomo would also lower contribution limits and expand disclosure rules.”

Gov. Cuomo has long spoken of the need form, and his support for campaign finance reform (in his 2012 State of the State Address, his State of the State Address, and in a recent event at a New York City law firm), but as of this writing he has not actually proposed anything relating to campaign finance reform.

Watch the ads here.