Businessman Martin Babinec of Little Falls has launched an effort to appear on
a ballot line with a new party he has established, the Upstate Jobs Party.
While there's no way to prove with certainty that an independent WFP candidate would have crossed the 50,000 - vote threshold, Frase notes that the Green Party got 59,906 votes for its independent candidate, Howie Hawkins — suggesting that it was possible for a third party to hold
a ballot line with a Left challenge to Cuomo.
Republicans, too, this week unveiled their effort to garner votes through
another ballot line with the «Stop Common Core» ballot petitions being submitted to the state Board of Elections.
In» 04, liberal GOPer Scozzafava was re-elected after also appearing on the WFP
ballot line with Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry.
That means GOP Assembly hopeful Rebecca Harary, who is challenging Manhattan Democratic incumbent Dan Quart, «will be on the same
ballot line with Hillary Clinton and [Sen.] Chuck Schumer,» said Manhattan GOP Chair Adele Malpass.
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.
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.
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ballot lines with the state Board of Elections.
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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 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).
Nevertheless, the endorsement provides Tedisco
with an additional
ballot line for the November election.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Incumbent Antonio Leo received the least votes
with 545 on the Republican and Conservative
ballot lines.
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.
It's a crowded
ballot,
with Mr. Cuomo and running mate Robert Duffy appearing on the Democratic, Independence and Working Families
lines.
Lavine got stunned by Walsh, who snagged a
ballot line from under her
with write - in votes.
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.
Astorino joined
with three other Republican candidates for statewide office to create a Stop Common Core
ballot line for the general election.
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.
Republican former Senate Majority Leader Bruno this morning said Sen. Roy McDonald did the right thing when he decided not to press forward
with his campaign after losing the GOP
ballot line to Kathy Marchione.
Also, he he might have bought himself some goodwill
with fellow Democrats
with these endorsements, what everyone is really curious about is what Cuomo will do in the general elections — particularly now that two Republican senators who voted «yes» on same - sex marriage might lose their respective spots on the GOP
ballot line in November.
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.
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.
Cuomo and Hochul will need 15,000 valid signatures to establish the
line, which would give them a fourth spot on the
ballot, along
with the Democratic, Independence and Working Families
lines.
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 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 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.
Cuomo, in an interview on WNYC
with Brian Lehrer, denied the
ballot line was meant to rival the WFP, whose endorsement he had to fight for back in May.
(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).