Rep. Elise Stefanik's campaign announced Monday it has filed over 8,500 signatures across four
party ballot lines with the state Board of Elections.
ELIZABETHTOWN Rep. Elise Stefanik's re-election campaign announced Monday it has filed over 8,500 signatures across four
party ballot lines with the state Board of Elections.
Pete Demola The Sun April 10, 2018 ELIZABETHTOWN, NY — Rep. Elise Stefanik's re-election campaign announced Monday it has filed over 8,500 signatures across four
party ballot lines with the state Board of Elections.
ELIZABETHTOWN The campaign for Rep. Elise Stefanik announced Monday it has filed over 8,500 signatures across four
party ballot lines with the state Board of Elections.
Not exact matches
Long rejected the idea that his days might be numbered as state chairman, insisting the
party won't have any trouble hitting the 50,000 mark
with Lazio on its
line in November in order to maintain its official
ballot status.
Not surprisingly, state Conservative
Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot
Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased
with the talk in Albany these days of going away
with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular
party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot
party to get permission from that
party's leaders to run on their ballot
party's leaders to run on their
ballot line.
He also promised «an awful lot of people are going to get hurt in the process» if legislative leaders go along
with the governor's idea of scrapping third
party officials» power to hand - pick who runs on their
ballot lines — a pledge that no doubt sent shivers up the spines of not a few Senate Republicans.
Had London managed to finish just a bit more strongly, the GOP would have lost its
ballot line and been relegated to minor
party status — an incident that haunts
party members (those
with long memories, anyway) to this very day.
(The mayor, of course, is now a man without a
party, but managed to convince —
with the help of some generous campaign contributions — the five NYC GOP county leaders to let him run on their
ballot line yet again in» 09).
As the Women's Equality
Party ballot line fails to gain traction
with candidates this election year, the
ballot line founded by Republican Westchester County Executive Rob Asotorino will include more than 1,900 candidates.
The county settled a lawsuit
with Dhyalma Vazquez, a former county employee, who claimed she was dismissed due to her involvement
with the Independence
Party in Westchester County, a
ballot line whose chairman has been sharply criticized by Astorino.
As Nixon tries to harness progressives in her left - flank challenge to Cuomo, an early test of her staying power will come
with the Working Families
Party, which could give her a general - election
ballot line even if the governor wins the Democratic nomination.
I took over
with the goal and the commitment to build this
party, to build this movement and to let people understand that we have a
ballot line.»
ALBANY — As Cynthia Nixon tries to harness progressives in her left - flank challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, an early test of her staying power will come
with the Working Families
Party, which could give her a general - election
ballot line even if Cuomo wins the Democratic nomination.
Faced
with losing the
ballot line to a challenger who tapped into resentment over his estate tax cuts, charter - school championing and failure to deliver campaign finance reform, Governor Andrew Cuomo won the
party's designation only after promising to fight for Democratic control of the state Senate and deliver a progressive policy wish list.
Her campaign initially told The Politicker that the filed the necessary item — called a Wilson Pakula — to run on the
ballot under a
party line that a candidate is not registered under, but a very confident source familiar
with the matter said that a Wilson Pakula was only filed under the Conservative
line.
Along
with Virgil Goode, and their Constitution
Party allies, the Indy Greens collected 14,350 signatures for former congressman Goode to file for the
ballot line for President in Virginia.
The move is a signal that the
party is hoping James, who was first elected to public office
with the WFP's backing, would eventually take its
ballot line in the fall should she win the primary contest.
Hawkins said that candidates for public office in New York should run on only one
line, rather than cluttering up the
ballot with fake third
parties and independent
lines whose main function is patronage and vote - buying.
Sen. Roy McDonald's decision not to campaign on the Independence
Party line through November is a particular blow to Republican same - sex marriage supporters, who just this morning released a poll paid for by New York Unity PAC that found the senator could have won the general election even as a minor party candidate with a single ballot
Party line through November is a particular blow to Republican same - sex marriage supporters, who just this morning released a poll paid for by New York Unity PAC that found the senator could have won the general election even as a minor
party candidate with a single ballot
party candidate
with a single
ballot line.
With McDonald running solely on the Independence
ballot line, he receives 45 percent of the vote, compared to 28 percent of the vote for Marchione, who would have the GOP and Conservative
Party lines.
The five states in which it operates (New York, Connecticut, South Carolina, Vermont, and Oregon) all have enacted «fusion voting» — a system in which each
party that qualifies gets a spot on the
ballot — in some states its own
line with a check box — where it can list the candidate it favors, regardless of
party.
So on one hand we have an incredibly detailed litany of rehashed innuendo regarding the minutiae of canvassing operations and supposed irregularities at the level of timesheets,
with the implication that someone is cheating; while on the other hand we have a blithely cynical sketch of how two billionaires own a political
party,
with one of them forthrightly buying its
ballot line for himself.
The poll, conducted for Hochul's campaign by Global Strategy Group, shows Corwin leading Hochul just 31 percent to 30 percent,
with Jack Davis, an independent candidate running on the Tea
Party ballot line, picking up 26 percent.
Sliwa, a radio host and state chairman of the fledgling Reform
Party, was trying to serve de Blasio with paperwork related to the party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other citywide candidates off the Working Families Party ballot
Party, was trying to serve de Blasio
with paperwork related to the
party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other citywide candidates off the Working Families Party ballot
party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other citywide candidates off the Working Families
Party ballot
Party ballot line.
The creation of the Stop Common Core
Party came
with an added benefit for Astorino: It gave him a third
ballot line.
Teachout called the endorsement a «surprising rebuke» of the sitting governor, whose campaign hopes to appeal to women
with a new «Women's Equality
Party»
line on the November
ballot.
Sliwa, state chairman of the fledgling Reform
Party, was trying to serve de Blasio with paperwork related to the party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other citywide candidates off the Working Families Party ballot
Party, was trying to serve de Blasio
with paperwork related to the
party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other citywide candidates off the Working Families Party ballot
party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other citywide candidates off the Working Families
Party ballot
Party ballot line.
Without an affiliation
with Cuomo — who remains miles ahead in the polls — the
party is unlikely to collect the 50,000 votes for governor in November that it needs to score an automatic
line on the
ballot for the next four years.
His reelection campaign has mostly been conducted through the Women's Equality
Party ballot line he's created for November,
with his focus on codifying, and thereby protecting, the right to an abortion.
But
with Cuomo's focus on getting 50,000 votes for the new
ballot line — thus giving the
party automatic
ballot status for the next election cycle through 2016 — concerns are being stoked the WFP could lose influence and its own
ballot position, currently Row D.
Labor unions allied
with Cuomo, meanwhile, are considering forming their own
ballot line this fall that would rival the Working Families
Party, which endorsed Nixon and Jumaane Williams, a candidate for lieutenant governor, on Saturday.
(Unlike
with the WFP
line, she would not need permission from
party leaders to run because she is a registered Democrat, so the threshold to
ballot access — while still daunting — is slightly lower).
The potential endorsement of Cynthia Nixon in the race for governor by the Working Families
Party is leading some labor leaders to consider forming their own
ballot line this fall, sources
with direct knowledge of the talks on Thursday said.
But Conservative
Party leaders, who huddled at their annual meeting in Albany over the last two days, are concerned with both the name of the line and the party's place on the ba
Party leaders, who huddled at their annual meeting in Albany over the last two days, are concerned
with both the name of the
line and the
party's place on the ba
party's place on the
ballot.
With the re-organization of the
ballot line, the Reform
Party also gained a new symbol on the
ballot: A broom.
Nevertheless, Cuomo is pushing for the Women's Equality
Party in the final days of the campaign,
with emails, mailers and a TV ad campaign promoting the newly formed
ballot line.
But now the
party has gone
with the assemblywoman, giving her two
ballot lines in the May 24 special election.
The Working Families
Party enters 2015 as its relationship with centrist Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to be a complicated one after he was coaxed into agreeing to a package of liberal goals in exchange for the party's ballot
Party enters 2015 as its relationship
with centrist Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to be a complicated one after he was coaxed into agreeing to a package of liberal goals in exchange for the
party's ballot
party's
ballot line.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Working Families
Party's leadership have reached a tentative agreement that could give the incumbent Democrat the labor - backed organization's
ballot line, according to sources familiar
with the agreement.
Allies of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Thursday that they were starting a new
party to rally female voters, which would have its own
ballot line in the November election —
with Mr. Cuomo on it.
Nine of the 15 Common Council seats are contested on Nov. 7 in Albany,
with many of the challengers who lost in the Democratic primary back on the
ballot on minor
party lines.
In lieu of committed
party members
with ample free time, many Senate Republican candidates rely on their government staffs to assemble the petitions that allow them on the Independence and Conservative
ballot lines.
Union leaders closely allied
with Gov. Cuomo are considering creating their own
ballot line to back him as the left - leaning Working Families
Party is moving toward nominating Nixon for governor, sources told The Post.
Past midnight on Election Night, Majestic had 1,002 votes on the Republican and Conservative
Party lines; challenger Lisa Lindsley was breathing down her neck
with 981 votes on the Democratic, Working Families and Women's Equality
Party lines; and 124 absentee
ballots plus an undetermined number of affidavits still remained to be counted.
Crushed by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand by a staggering 46 - point margin in 2012, Long will take on Democrat Chuck Schumer
with the Republican, Reform and Conservative
Party ballot lines in November.
He began
with an opening statement and then answered questions on topics which included the Independence
Party (whose
ballot line Cuomo is on), the protest at the rally and Cuomo's efforts on passing the DREAM Act, a recent report that 34,000 people have been designated under the SAFE Act as ineligible to own guns and the prospect of Ebola - related restrictions on commercial flights.
In a multi-way, pick two race, Hagen and Herzman won
with eighteen percent on the Reform
Party line, and a minority of votes cast for them on other
ballot lines.
Along
party lines, not surprisingly, Democratic voters overwhelmingly back Cuomo
with 88 % reporting they would cast their
ballot for him.
With endorsements from both the Independence and Conservative
parties, Rye City Councilwoman Julie Killian, a Republican, will now carry four
ballot lines in her November state Senate -LSB-...]