Justifying the cancellation of Southern Ijaw LGA elections, INEC posited that there were glaring cases of electoral malpractices
characterized by ballot snatching, thuggery and violence.
The labor - backed Working Families Party withstood what many have
characterized as an attempt from its own candidate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to destroy it — but in the process got elbowed out of its row on the
ballot by an insurgent Green Party led
by gubernatorial contender Howie Hawkins.