political tensions are running High over vacant seats at the state's campaign Finance Watchdog the New Jersey election law enforcement commission canceled a meeting scheduled for today you'll recall all of the panel's Commissioners resigned March 30th in protest over certain parts of a controversial new law the election transparency act which among other things allows the governor to appoint new Commissioners and cuts the commission statute of limitations on investigating campaign Finance violations from 10 years to two while former Commissioners Stephen Holden and Marguerite Simon attempted to rescind those resignation letters and called a meeting saying the governor's office hadn't yet accepted the letters or appointed new members the former Commissioners say they specifically wanted to look into the new statute of limitations in light of a report by the Bergen Record detailing more than half a million dollars in expenses that weren't properly disclosed by Senate President Nick scutari while the governor's office stopped the meeting by emailing the members and accepting their resignation [Music]