The race for ballot placement is a very important and for now has been playing under the radar screen. (nystateofpolitics.com)
The room was receptive to a proposal that the WFP run someone else for governor on Row D — a gamble, given the fact that the party risks losing its hard - won ballot placement if its candidate doesn't perform well, and could lose its ballot status altogether if the candidate fails to win at least 50,000 votes. (nystateofpolitics.com)
At a minimum, New York should adopt the ballot rotation rules used in other states like California, where the placement of the names are rotated throughout the state so ballot placement doesn't determine the winner,» said Hawkins. (independentpoliticalreport.com)