Established by Local Law 8 of 1988. The Campaign Finance Board is an independent non-partisan agency that provides public funding to candidates for City elective offices who choose to participate in the City's public financing program and monitors candidates' campaign contributions and expenditures to assure that they conform to the requirements of the law. The CFB makes public disclosure of the candidates' and independent spenders campaign finances and publishes a non-partisan Voter Guide for each regularly scheduled City election, providing information on candidates, ballot proposals and voting assistance. The CFB also administers the official debate program for candidates for citywide office. The Board has five members, two are appointed by the Mayor and two by the Speaker of the City Council. The Chair is appointed by the Mayor after consultation with the Speaker. The Board with the advice and assistance of its voter assistance advisory committee is charged with encouraging and facilitating voting under its NYC Votes initiative.