Sentences with phrase «ballot line at»

Mr. Cuomo's camp has said that if he wins the Democratic nomination, as he is still likely to do, and the Working Families Party formally gives Ms. Nixon its ballot line at its convention next month, it could peel away votes from the governor in November, to the benefit of a Republican opponent.

Kathy Hochul, Cuomo's running mate, lieutenant governor candidate and former western New York congresswoman, announced the formation of the new ballot line at a press conference with women supporters near a statue of Eleanor Roosevelt on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

A nearly identical bill was introduced as program legislation by Cuomo in early June, after the union's leadership helped Cuomo secure the Working Families Party ballot line at that party's convention.

Special elections for state seats — like the one Gov. Andrew Cuomo scheduled in Harlem for May 23 — do not have an open primary: instead, the county committee, a panel of party insiders, selects who gets to run on the ballot line at a formal nominating convention.

In response to Bronx Chronicle inquiries, the Liberal Party of New York acknowledges that it «does not have a permanent ballot line at this time» and that all of our candidates are petitioning onto the line for the November general election.

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.

Many in Clarkstown believe that Wayne Ballard gave Sparaco two jobs in the Clarkstown Highway Department — one as a part - time $ 75,000 «Constituent Services Assistant» (which the Town Board eliminated) and then a job as a $ 103,600 full - time «Confidential Secretary» — because of Sparaco's «abilities» in providing additional ballot lines at election time.

Not exact matches

Andrew Cuomo, then running for governor in 2010, at the last minute agreed to run on the WFP's ballot line, thus saving them from spiraling into the political black hole that swallowed up the now - defunct Liberal Party.

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.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's AG campaign spokeswoman told me he would review future ballot line opportunities at the appropriate time.

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.

Lazio was the only candidate to get onto the ballot at the convention, but Carl Paladino went on to cream him in the GOP primary and he «ran» for a Bronx judgeship to get off the Conservative line and cede it to the businessman from Buffalo.

Barron, who hopes to receive at least 50,000 votes on the Freedom Party line, establishing a new third party that will have automatic ballot status in the 2014 elections, told me the vast number of signatures he has amassed should serve as the equivilent of a political «no trespassing» sign to any of his detractors.

The Reform Party was created by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's allies during the 2014 election year as a ballot line aimed at capturing voters who disapproved of the Common Core educations standards.

Say what you will about those old lever machines, you could at least line up the candidates for every race in columns on a paper ballot.

The party needs to receive at lest 50,000 votes on its line in the race for governor in order to maintain ballot status for the next four years.

A flurry of phone calls was placed over the weekend in hopes of pushing former Rep. Joe DioGuardi off the Conservative line to make way for the winner of the primary between the two Republicans placed on the ballot at the convention last week in the race against Democratic US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

«But given that the Independence, Conservative, and Working Families parties all had more than 150,000 votes at the top of the ticket in both 2008 and 2006, it is very unlikely that the double - vote problem will cost any party their ballot line.»

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.

McDonald, one of four GOP senators last year to approve same - sex marriage, is most likely at this point going to lose the Republican line to Saratoga County Clerk Kathy Marchione as the absentee ballot count in the primary race shows him falling irrevocably behind.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano lost one of his last shots at a minor party ballot line for re-election when a potential stand - in candidate collected too few signatures to run on the Independence Party line, election officials said.

If the party fails to win at least 50,000 votes for its gubernatorial contenders on its ballot line, it will both its line and its official status — and basically all but cease to exist.

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.

It's also expensive to create a ballot line, because 15,000 signatures are required at minimum, and usually people get at least double that to avoid being knocked off.

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.

For a party to receive automatic ballot access in New York, a gubernatorial candidate must receive at least 50,000 votes on its line.

Working Families Party Nominates Cuomo for Governor At the Working Families Party's convention this weekend, the progressive third party nominated Governor Andrew Cuomo, giving him its ballot line in the upcoming gubernatorial election.

In order to remain qualified, a party must poll at least 50,000 votes on their ballot line in the governor's race.

At the Working Families Party's convention this weekend, the progressive third party nominated Governor Andrew Cuomo, giving him its ballot line in the upcoming gubernatorial election.

At noon, Mike Tolkin, a Democrat running for NYC mayor on the independent «Smart Cities» ballot line, holds a press conference before he goes homeless for a week to bring awareness to the city's homelessness crisis, City Hall Park, Manhattan.

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.

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 ballot.

But ironically, keeping the WFP's ballot status, much less its spot at Row E, appears to be increasingly a concern for party leaders and activists as the governor pushes for voters to back him on the Women's Equality Party line, which is increasingly being seen as a rival for liberals» votes and potential siphon away support from the WFP.

The ballot line was founded in 2014 at Cuomo's behest to promote the governor's proposed 10 - point women's agenda, which included provisions aimed at stemming gender discrimination in housing and the workplace.

Cuomo's formation of the women - centric ballot line could hinder the party's efforts at achieving 50,000 votes, the necessary threshold to qualify for the ballot.

But Tuesday's elections saw a large number of down ballot candidates buying Google mobile ads with the goal of capturing the attention of people waiting on line at the polling stations.

By focusing the campaign on women's rights at a time when many women around the country are frustrated by the debates about contraception coverage and the recent Supreme Court decision in the case involving Hobby Lobby, the new ballot line may help Mr. Cuomo increase his edge among female voters.

Accordingly, both Ragusa and Haggerty are lawful Chairman, and both were entitled to a «place at the table» to vote on whether to grant out - of - the - district Democrat James Milano a Wilson - Pakula certificate to run on the Republican ballot line.

The Conservative ballot line is crucial for many GOP officials who can not muster enough votes to win without the 10 to 12 percent that the Conservative line often draws at the ballot box.

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.

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 York.

Astorino, the current Westchester County executive, would have to gather at least 15,000 petition signatures over the next five weeks to create a Stop Common Core line on the statewide ballot.

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.

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

But winning 5 % of the vote is not realistically possible unless our ticket is on at least 45 ballot lines.

Also, a petition was filed at the Suffolk County Board of Elections to create an opportunity to ballot for the Women's Equality party line in the 1st Congressional District on the East End, where Democrat Anna Throne - Holst has gotten the minor party's nod.

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.

Astorino and supporters kicked off a campaign on Tuesday to gather at least 15,000 signatures, the requisite number for securing a third - party ballot line.

At this point the Stein campaign is the major force in establishing Green Party ballot lines across the country.

They say Skelos has rewarded Westchester Independence Party leader Giulio Cavallo with patronage jobs and other support — in hopes of getting Independence backing for Senate candidates next year — at the same time that Cavallo was blocking Astorino from getting his party's ballot line.