Sentences with phrase «state ballot lines»

The Green Party and its leading presidential candidate, Jill Stein, are best positioned to secure state ballot lines across the country to provide a credible alternative to the candidates of the two major capitalist parties in 2016.

The Reform Party has a unique opportunity this year to have our candidate on ALL 50 state ballot lines!

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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.

The state Conservative Party has given its nod to Elise Stefanik, one of two Republicans contenders (as of today) vying for the North Country House seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, ensuring her a ballot line in the November general election regardless of the outcome of the June GOP primary.

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 line.

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long believes Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino should be given «serious consideration» about a potential run for governor on the influential third party's ballot line.

The email comes as party leaders from across the state and the political spectrum question or outright oppose ending the law, which allows members of one political party a waiver to run on another ballot line.

Cuomo does not support an end to the fusion ballot system of allowing a candidate to run on multiple ballot lines, but the Wilson - Pakula repeal would greatly reduce the clout of the state's minor parties that can influence the platforms and policies of the Democratic and Republican parties.

To reiterate for the umpteenth time: The only way to get off the ballot line at this point is to die, move out of state or be nominated for a state Supreme Court judgeship anywhere in New York.

«In preparation for the upcoming September primaries for the Republican and Conservative Party ballot lines, our Congressional campaign team is shifting some personnel,» Cox stated.

Both candidates in the 40th state Senate district race — GOP Sen. Greg Ball and Democrat Justin Wagner — are hoping to win the Green Party line through an opportunity to ballot in Thursday's primary elections.

This year, the state Independence Party has tapped Democratic AG Andrew Cuomo to be its standard - bearer in the governor's race — a contest in which the party must win at least 50,000 votes in order to maintain its ballot line.

Paychex billionaire Tom Golisano doesn't appear to like the idea of Democratic AG Andrew Cuomo running on the ballot line of the state Independence Party established and nurtured by his three unsuccessful self - funded campaigns for governor.

Republican Bob Antonacci, the Onondaga County comptroller, moved a step closer to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

In 2010 — the previous statewide election year — the WFP had 42,000 members in New York State but its ballot line generated 155,000 votes for Cuomo.

Cuomo, and running mate Kathy Hochul have created a «Women's Equality Party» ballot line for November, and they're now pushing for all candidates for state office to sign a pledge in support of their «women's equality agenda.»

In states that do not currently have ballot lines, we will need to petition and run candidates in 2018.

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.

Sean Stratton for State Assembly, District 18 Campaign Details 5th / 5 for two seats; 1007, 1.07 % http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-unofficial-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf Onel Martinez for State Assembly, District 22 5th / 6 for two seats; 81,076 votes, 1.10 % http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-unofficial-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf Green Party member on ballot under «Remember Those Forgotten» ballot line

It is also plans to reorganize and improve state affiliates until it has ballot lines in all fifty states and the District of Columbia — plus active parties in all American territories.

The lines separating gubernatorial and congressional candidates on the ballot could blur in several states this cycle, as the top of the ticket proves to be a driving force downballot in a half - dozen states.

Because of the performance of our Presidential candidates in 2016, state Green Parties have maintained ballot access in 21 states, more post election ballot lines than we have had in over a decade!

As you'll recall, after failing to get onto the ballot at the GOP convention in early June, Levy insisted (contrary to statements made by his chief champion, state Republican Chairman Ed Cox), that he was still contemplating a run on an independent line.

As the Sunshine State headed to the polls yesterday, down - ballot candidates bought Google online ads on mobile geo - targeted to specific districts, hoping to capture people who are doing last - minute research while waiting in line at the polls.

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.

The WFP gets its own line in a prime place on a New York state ballot, and if they'd put another candidate on it, that would have siphoned away significant votes from Cuomo in the general.

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 line.

A benefactor of the wealth of Republican and Democratic candidates could be Oz Griebel, the former banker and longtime leader of the MetroHartford Alliance who is bypassing the convention process and traveling across the state to collect the 7,500 signatures needed to run on his own ballot line in November.

MANHATTAN — The fate of the State Senate and several offices likely hinged on two things Tuesday night: voter turnout in New York City and whether voters were willing to split their ballots and cross party lines.

As a result, Hochul said, she and Cuomo are forming the new ballot line to «mobilize women and supporters all across the state.»

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.

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 line.

The Independence Party of New York State also has endorsed Tedisco to run on their ballot line, which has proven to be important to many election victories.

Suozzi's petitions for a «Fix Washington» ballot line were approved by the state Board of Elections in Albany.

Rob Astorino's push to launch the Reform Party — a re-naming of a ballot line created last year set up to oppose the Common Core education standards — is part of a larger struggle for the 2014 Republican gubernatorial nominee to gain some leverage over the state's Republican apparatus.

Appearing this morning on MSNBC, Working Families Party official Dan Cantor admitted that the party is taking a huge gamble on Gov. Andrew Cuomo by giving him its ballot line in exchange for a vague promise that he'll help flip the state Senate into Democratic hands this fall.

But the speculation has been Cuomo formed the Women's Equality Party in part to challenge the supremacy of the WFP as the left - leaning third party ballot line in the state, or at the very least to make party leaders nervous heading in to Election Day.

Astorino is running on a ballot line created by Republicans called «Stop Common Core» and has pledged to withdraw the state from the controversial standards.

To that end, perhaps, Astorino and Republicans across the state are running on an anti-Common Core ballot line.

Still, the fight over the ballot line has exposed a deeper rift within the WFP, which includes some of the state's most politically influential labor groups.

While Sal Albanese, who is also challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary, has been backed by the Reform Party, Dietl and Malliotakis are each attempting to convince their supporters to help them steal the ballot line by voting on primary day — Tuesday, September 12 — using a provision in state election law that effectively allows an open vote.

In one of the hotel's inner courtyards, two committee members said they were still debating whether or not to support Cuomo, who has reportedly expressed a willingness to back some of the party's priorities — including raising the minimum wage, and backing a Democratic State Senate — in return for the party's ballot line.

Republican Bob Antonacci moved a step closer Thursday to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

At a rally in New York City Thursday, Ms. Hochul, a former Democratic Congresswoman from Western New York, said she and the governor are forming the new ballot line to «mobilize women and supporters all across the state» following the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on contraceptives and the failure of the New York State Legislature to pass the Women's Equality Act, according to Capital New state» following the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on contraceptives and the failure of the New York State Legislature to pass the Women's Equality Act, according to Capital New State Legislature to pass the Women's Equality Act, according to Capital New York.

Democratic State Senate candidate Adam Haber won a write - in ballot effort to appear under the Green Party line come Nov. 4th, according to Nassau election officials, but party members are vowing to appeal the results in court.

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-...]

The day is expected to be further complicated by brand new Assembly and Senate district lines, which have changed many voters» districts and polling places, as well as lingering doubts over the competency of the Board of Elections, which bungled the ballot count in June's Congressional race between Rep. Charlie Rangel and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat so badly that it took weeks to learn the final results.

But state Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin on Friday said that 1,448 of the 4,132 signatures Russo submitted were found to be invalid by a bipartisan team at the board responsible for reviewing petitions, putting Russo below the 3,000 signatures he needed to get on the independent ballot line.

Selecting the Working Families Party ballot line specifically would contribute to the passage of the state's DREAM Act, which would qualify undocumented youth who meet in - state tuition requirements to access state financial aid and scholarships for higher education.

It also gives other Democratic state candidates a shot at an extra line on the ballot.