Sentences with phrase «party a ballot line statewide»

He received nearly 60,000 votes, which gave the Green Party a ballot line statewide for the next four years.

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Sliwa's celebrity power in New York City could attract the 50,000 votes needed to give the Reform Party an automatic line on ballots for the next four years, ending the expensive and difficult effort to securing thousands of signatures for petitions to be placed on ballots statewide.

Still, the Conservative Party ballot line has become essential for any statewide Republican candidate's victory.

In 2010, the party's ballot line delivered nearly 200,000 votes to Democratic New York State Comptroller Tom Dinapoli — not an enormous number for a statewide race, but enough for the WFP to be taken seriously.

Supporters statewide need to gather 15,000 valid signatures this week to establish the party, which would give the governor a fourth spot on the ballot along with the Democratic, Independence and Working Families lines.

Cuomo allies would have to gather at least 15,000 petition signatures by mid-August to create a «Women's Equality Party» line on the statewide ballot.

Dozens of local - level candidates this season have been denied or knock off the ballot line after a state Supreme Court judge ruled no one had control of the party because a majority of the statewide candidates are yet to sign off on rules for the WEP.

Long has led the party for the last 26 years, which has become a must - have ballot line for any Republican running statewide.

Nassau County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs, a former statewide party chairman, urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo not to take the party's ballot line this fall.

State Republicans are planning to develop a second ballot line for the party's statewide candidates.

If the poll results hold in the general election, the Green Party would likely be granted the third party line on the statewide ballot for the 2016 and 2018 elections, ahead of the Working Families, Conservative and Independence parParty would likely be granted the third party line on the statewide ballot for the 2016 and 2018 elections, ahead of the Working Families, Conservative and Independence parparty line on the statewide ballot for the 2016 and 2018 elections, ahead of the Working Families, Conservative and Independence parties.

A new party is created for statewide office if its organizers submit the valid signatures of 15,000 registered voters, and it automatically stays on printed ballots if its gubernatorial candidate logs 50,000 votes on its line during the election.

That's because the Independence Party is a statewide political party that received more than 50,000 votes on its ballot line for governor in the 2014 election, while the IDC is not considered a political party under state electionParty is a statewide political party that received more than 50,000 votes on its ballot line for governor in the 2014 election, while the IDC is not considered a political party under state electionparty that received more than 50,000 votes on its ballot line for governor in the 2014 election, while the IDC is not considered a political party under state electionparty under state election law.

Jay Jacobs, chairman of the Nassau Democratic Party and a former state Democratic chairman, led a charge in 2014 for Gov. Andrew Cuomo not to take the Independence ballot line, which likely would have doomed the party because it would have led to it not getting the 50,000 votes needed to give it its statewide ballot stParty and a former state Democratic chairman, led a charge in 2014 for Gov. Andrew Cuomo not to take the Independence ballot line, which likely would have doomed the party because it would have led to it not getting the 50,000 votes needed to give it its statewide ballot stparty because it would have led to it not getting the 50,000 votes needed to give it its statewide ballot status.

To the consternation of the New York Post's editorial page, Cuomo ultimately agreed to run on the party's line, thereby ensuring it the 50,000 votes it needed to remain on the statewide ballot.

In order to create a new party line on a ballot, a candidate must generate 15,000 independent signature statewide, including a certain number from each Congressional district.