The agency in charge of enforcing the state's campaign finance laws has a few requests for lawmakers.

Key among them closing a loophole that allows a new category of political action committees to hide their donors in the final weeks leading up to an election.

That change is part of the controversial Election Transparency Act.

Signed into law last year, which opponents tell senior correspondent Brenda Flanagan gives campaigns the opportunity to operate in the shadows.

We want a more complete picture of what's going on before the election.

New Jersey's election watchdogs red flagging some problems with the state's new election transparency Act.

Its stated intent to keep voters better informed about who's putting up campaign cash.

But one loophole lets independent special interest groups avoid reporting dollars spent at the most critical point on the campaign calendar.

The last couple of weeks before Election Day, says elect Joe Donohue.

It's almost like temporary dark money, like we can hide it from the voters till after the election.

That's what matters, is the pre-election disclosure.

Donahue heads New Jersey's Election Law Enforcement Commission or Elec.

In a letter to New Jersey lawmakers, he recommended solutions for three problems.

First on the list, fix that wide open loophole on last minute campaign cash reports by independent groups.

Writers Michael Rasmussen agrees.

It denies voters vital information.

That means we never know before Election Day what's going on.

It's completely.

Opaque.

Rasmussen points to a political action committee called Jersey Freedom, bankrolled by Democrats, which bought ads backing spoilers in two South Jersey races last November, hoping to draw votes away from Republicans.

But the PAC reported it after the election, and.

The lawyers for this PAC made it clear that they were just using the loophole that was available to them, which is what the election is now trying to close.

That was well-timed chicanery.

And we need to make it so that it can't be well-timed.

There was simply an attempt for them to try to run this shadow campaign and not have anyone know who was doing it.

Atlantic County's Vince Palestina, one of the allegedly targeted campaigns, says outraged Republicans sued, but the judge kicked the case over to elect, which won't comment on specifics for now.

But policy?

You know, once that loophole closed.

That is undermining our election integrity and shouldn't have a place in our society.

And so we agree with Eli on these recommended changes.

Elect once that campaign cash reported within 48 hours in the final days before voters cast their ballots.

A second issue the agency asked lawmakers to fix a two year legal limit on its investigations of campaign shenanigans.

Elect wants four years more time to build a strong legal case.

Finally, the letter asks lawmakers to resolve a conflict between election mission to publicize names and addresses of campaign contributors.

And Daniel's Law, which protects the privacy of many officials and law enforcement and the judicial system.

And even people involved with enforcing Daniel's law on the attorney general's office.

They recognize the conflict.

Everybody agrees that there is a conflict with the two statutes.

It's just how do we resolve it at this point?

He says for now, they're redact names on Daniel's list from election records.

Donohue says they're scheduling meetings, hoping to resolve these issues with lawmakers to benefit New Jersey voters.

I'm Brenda Flanagan, NJ.

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