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
Robert White, well he can not be moved into a judicial race, it is true... but we could hope that Doug Hoffman gets off
the ballot line by moving out of state or....
A handful of absentee ballots also held the key to the Independence Party line where Clement ran a write - in «opportunity to ballot» campaign against Gallo, who was handed
the ballot line by party leaders.
Exploring Attorney General Run, Zephyr Teachout Pursues Working Families Nomination, Democratic
Ballot Line by Ben Max (May 2018)
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.
The deadline for getting candidates off
ballot lines by nominating them for state Supreme Court judgeships is Sept. 27.
Incumbent Town Board member Marisa Muratori is joined in a contest for two G.O.P.
ballot lines by three other candidates: entrepreneur Sean Quirk, former town Code Enforcement officer Robert Hickey, and Jeffrey G. Martin.
Not exact matches
The party was formed after the 2014 election
by Republican nominee Rob Astorino out of the Stop Common Core
ballot line.
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.
A third «no», Sen. Bill Stachowski, was defeated
by a «yes», Erie County Legislator Tim Kennedy, in the Sept. 14 primary, but he remains on the general election
ballot on the Independence and WFP
lines.
Lazio on the Conservative
ballot creates the awful choice for Conservatives of voting for Paladino to defeat Cuomo versus voting the Conservative
line to give the party its needed 50,000 votes thereby helping Cuomo
by taking away a vote from Paladino, the only candidate who can beat Cuomo.
Ultimately the government will have to choose between large numbers of voters choosing pre-determined preference orderings
by voting above the
line or large numbers of voters having their preferences ignored because they did not express them properly on the
ballot paper.
This year, Niccoli in a statement said her daughter will do so again and faulted Amedore for not going far enough in scaling back the standards, despite having run in 2014 on the
ballot line Stop Common Core (former
by Republican gubernatorial nominee Rob Astorino, the
line was renamed the «Reform Party» after the election).
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 became the first candidate to secure a third - party
ballot line in the race for the 50th Senate District seat left open
by the retirement of Sen. John DeFrancisco.
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.
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 Reform Party, a
ballot line formed last year
by Republican gubernatorial nominee Rob Astorino, filed its first campaign finance report since it was rechristened this election season, showing a single, massive donation from a limited liability company.
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.
During his visit, he was introduced to Klein for the first time
by the IDC's newest member, Sen. Malcolm Smith, a Queens Democrat who just so happens to be spending a lot of time with the NYC GOP leaders as he courts them in his long - shot bid to run on their
ballot line in the upcoming mayor's race.
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.
The Reform Party was created in 2014
by Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino as the «Stop Common Core»
ballot line.
On its face, James» declination is shocking: In 2003, she became the first candidate in New York City political history to win election running solely on the third - party
ballot line of the WFP, winning an election to replace ex-Brooklyn Councilman James Davis, who months earlier had been assassinated
by a political rival.
Lavine got stunned
by Walsh, who snagged a
ballot line from under her with write - in votes.
One private poll, commissioned
by the New York Unity PAC, a pro-same-sex-marriage group, was made public and showed McDonald had a chance of winning a three - way race one the minor - party
ballot line.
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 line.
De Blasio should be denied a place on the Working Families Party
ballot line in November, according to a planned legal challenge
by the Reform Party that questions the party's process for selecting candidates.
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.
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.
Most notably, he's also been endorsed
by the Working Families Party, a group that could theoretically provide a general election
ballot line in addition to troops on the ground.
A significant force in New York City, where Mayor Bill de Blasio and Public Advocate Letitia James have long enjoyed the party's support, the WFP maintained its
ballot line in 2014
by backing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
It made a name for itself that year
by garnering 50,000 gubernatorial votes on its
ballot line for Democratic candidate Peter Vallone — enough to ensure the party a place on future
ballots.
The November
ballot amendment would permit the Senate and the Assembly to appoint members to what the amendment describes as an «independent» commission to redraw legislative district
lines every ten years, as required
by the census.
Suozzi's petitions for a «Fix Washington»
ballot line were approved
by the state Board of Elections in Albany.
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.
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.
Whether any of this will mollify the Working Families Party
by the time it has to make a determination on its
ballot line remains to be seen.
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.
Could the unhappiness felt
by the left since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in January 2011 result in the labor - backed Working Families Party running someone other than Cuomo on its
ballot line this fall?
Golby received the Working Families Party nomination, but an opportunity to
ballot pursuit
by Anane bumped her off the
line.
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 voter
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 voter
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.
These numbers could be drawn upon
by Commisso, whose name will remain on the Independence Party
ballot line in November.
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.
The Conservative Party typically supports the GOP nominee
by utilizing New York's fusion voting system, which allows candidates to appear on multiple
ballot lines.
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.
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.
The jostling over the minor party's
ballot line is just one twist in the scramble for attorney general, following Mr. Schneiderman's abrupt resignation last Monday after The New Yorker detailed four women's accusations of being physically assaulted
by him.
This ostensibly guarantees that any party with formal status in New York State (e.g. a permanent
ballot line) is democratically governed
by its members.
(The I.D.C.'s official
line, delivered
by a spokesman, is that «We're humbled that so many New Yorkers came out yesterday to cast a
ballot in support of the I.D.C.'s policy - driven agenda.