Sentences with phrase «ballot line of»

This is pathetic but not surprising, given the way Republican Dean Skelos, the Senate majority leader, has been more chummy with Cuomo and Albany's backroom ways than any Republican ought to be, Of course, Cuomo returned the favor by throwing Skelos & Co. under the bus so he could get his name on the ballot line of the left - wing Working Families Party.

«I am outraged, frankly, that this person is seeking to run on the ballot line of the Party of Lincoln.

(Candidates who want to run on a ballot line of a party in which they are not enrolled need permission of that party's leaders, known as a Wilson Pakula, in order to do so).

Nixon is challenging Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for governor and is seeking the ballot line of the Working Families Party.

A fourth candidate, former Trolley Museum administrator and artist Steve Ladin, is running a long - shot campaign on a ballot line of his own creation — the Red Dog party.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH» - moh) says he will not seek the ballot line of the progressive Working Families Party.

Green, the Democrat, had the ballot line of the Working Families Party.

There's also former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, who is a Trump supporter, but has threatened to run on a ballot line of his own creation if Astorino is the candidate.

ALBANY — New York City Public Advocate Letitia James won't seek the ballot line of the liberal Working Families Party in her campaign for New York attorney general, a spokeswoman confirmed.

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.

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.

Dan Halloran is one of the members of the New York City Council and was elected on the ballot lines of the Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Independence Party, and Conservative Party.

Meeting in a Rensselaer church on Saturday, May 21, the Greens ruled out running fusion candidates who appear on the ballot lines of more than one party.

Holden lost badly to Crowley in the Democratic primary, and then turned around and ran in the general election on the ballot lines of the Republican, Reform, and Dump de Blasio Party lines.

Not exact matches

Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red - blue political divide.

Small - business owners around the country are casting their ballots as the race to the 2014 Midterm Election finish line comes to an end — and how Main Street votes could determine not just who will go to Washington, but also the outcome of key initiatives that affect all of our bottom lines.

The bottom line is that marijuana ballot initiatives can drive more people to the polls, but they don't seem to help either party or affect the number of young voters.

The retirement of first ballot Hall of Fame offensive tackle Joe Thomas leaves a huge hole on the left side of Cleveland's offensive line.

The party was formed after the 2014 election by Republican nominee Rob Astorino out of the Stop Common Core ballot line.

Often, a third party ballot line provides the margin of victory for candidates in close elections.

But they didn't love the idea of losing control over who gets to run on their ballot line, which they — through gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins — worked so hard to secure in the 2010 campaign.

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.

Several labor leaders whose unions have departed the WFP are considering the formation of their own 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.

He won't appear on our ballot line, but that just means we'll be working twice as hard to make sure that that every voter knows that Amodeo is the candidate who will stand up for hard working families in Albany, from raising the minimum wage to ending the influence of big money on politics.»

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.

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.

A number of you had approached me prior to the convention about the establishment of an independent ballot line to help support our candidates this year.

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.

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.

(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).

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.

In his view, local notables can participate in policy - making on - line, give a small donation (maximum # 50), put their name on a ballot paper, then serve in Parliament for a maximum period of five years.

Sliwa, a radio personality and founder of the Guardian Angels, is weighing a bid for governor on the ballot line that had first been formed in 2014 as an effort to oppose the Common Core education standards.

Sources said Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Mondello likes the idea of an independent line because he thinks it might help his hometown US Senate candidate, Bruce Blakeman, in the general election against the Conservatives» nominee, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi (assuming DioGuardi doesn't succeeed in his petitioning effort to get onto the primary ballot and defeat both Blakeman and David Malpass in September).

Although Richards will appear on the ballot, under the Independence and Working Families lines, he has twice announced he was out of the race and supporting Warren.

In fact, we're proud that votes on the WFP ballot line are often the margin of victory for progressive Democrats running in New York Congressional races.»

The women's coalition was formed last year as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed the Women's Equality Agenda, which has stalled in the Legislature and is now becoming a key campaign issue with the formation of a new ballot line with the focus of passing the package of bills.

In Australia, where the method is used to elect the Senate, this is known as voting «below» and «above» the line respectively due to the design of the ballot paper.

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.

WFP leaders had accused Cuomo of creating the Women's Equality Party ballot line last year as a way to potentially undermine the left - leaning, union - backed party.

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.

And from the comments: KJ, a below the line ballot may still be counted if 90 % or more of it is completed with three errors or less (and here's the tweet that proves it, full details are here with examples).

The Wilson Pakula threshold for anyone not enrolled in the party who wants to run on the line, as you'll recall, is just over 50 percent of the weighted convention vote — more than twice the 25 percent necessary for party members to get onto the ballot.

The ballot line was formed in 2014 as Cuomo sought to highlight a 10 - point package of measures impacting women in the workplace, housing and criminal justice system.

In the wake of the latest bombshell corruption scandal, which netted two New York City GOP officials from Queens and the Bronx, other party leaders were quick to volunteer that knew absolutely nothing about the scheme to essentially buy a GOP ballot line in the NYC mayor's race for Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith.

It's possible the WFP could endorse Nixon but not give her its ballot line, putting a placeholder candidate there instead — just in case there's a post-primary peace deal between the governor and the party that requires her to go away quietly before the November general, though, as Nick reported yesterday, there are ways of getting her name off the ballot if necessary, too.

The party has been helping a town supervisor candidate in Clarkstown, a Republican running on the Reform Party ballot line, in the form of a TV ad.