Commission opens public hearing on 2025 gubernatorial public financing program, schedules security discussion with partners

The Election Law Enforcement Commission opened a public hearing on the 2025 gubernatorial public financing program on April 8, asking for public comment on the program's operation and candidate debate logistics. The chair invited participants to provide oral comment; no members of the public spoke in the hearing and staff reported no online requests to address the commission.

The commission noted written public comment would remain open for seven days and encouraged participation. Separately, commissioners described plans to hear from contract partners in closed executive session to discuss security protocols and public-safety considerations for candidate debates that are part of the public financing program.

The chair said the closed-session conversation was intended to allow staff and contract partners to discuss security-related measures under the Open Public Meetings Act exception; the commission said it would disclose executive-session deliberations publicly at the time the reasons for confidentiality no longer apply.

No formal changes to the public financing program were proposed in open session during this meeting; the commission left the record open for written comment and scheduled follow-up as required.