In special elections for statewide offices, the selection of the party's replacement candidate falls upon the
local county committee members, who are usually citizens loyal to the Democratic establishment.
Many county committee members are linked to the clubs and, although each member is free to vote independently, endorsement decisions from the political organizations are influential.
The ballots
of county committee members are weighted according to how many people in their area pulled the lever for the Democratic candidate in the most gubernatorial election.
We ask you to commit to fully supporting the candidate who receives a majority of the weighted vote of all voting
Democratic County Committee members for the 26th Senate District.
two candidates for the party position of
County Committee Member for each election district within the Assembly District and part represented by the Club;
The 50th District includes parts of Onondaga and Cayuga counties, and the state party will wait to hear from its Cayuga
County committee members before designating a candidate, Long said.
«There's only one reason the Conservative Party would not even allow their Staten Island and
Brooklyn county committee members to vote on the nomination as has always been the norm — and that's because they know that grassroots party members would have rejected Donovan's liberal record,» Grimm told the Advance in a statement.
However, several amendments were diluted or rejected outright: selection of judicial candidates will likely continue to happen behind closed doors, the Brooklyn Democratic Party will continue to refuse to provide basic support for Brooklynites looking to organize their own Democratic clubs, and unlimited power via the proxies of
absent County Committee members remain in the hands of the Chair.
A requirement to collect signatures from a modest number of
current county committee members could be required in order to assure a level of support before an issue is taken up by the full county committee.
With many Democrats already unhappy over the vote by McMahon (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn) against health - care reform, Democratic
county committee member John Lavelle Jr. said it was «disturbing» to see the lawmaker's campaign staffer on Ms. Malliotakis» page, especially given the fact that Ms. Hyer - Spencer represents a swing district crucial to McMahon's re-election chances this fall.
Taylor, Joyce and Ruiz complained that Wright's operation failed to inform them of
which county committee members enjoyed the greatest clout in the nomination process.
Speaking to
county committee members at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomfield, Antoniello, a onetime Democrat, said he hoped to lead the GOP into a new era of «unity, cohesiveness and pride in our job.»
Insiders say the Democratic nomination will likely go to Ms. Harris or Ms. Cucco, depending on how many proxies — votes from people not in attendance — the approximately 90
county committee members bring to the Tuesday meeting.
Their pick will essentially determine Squadron's successor because the district is heavily Democratic...
County committee members from Silver's Harry Truman Democratic Club will have a say in filling Squadron's post.
Molinaro met with about 40
Republican county committee members and potential donors over lunch at the Sheraton University before heading west to Wayne County to repeat his performance there.
This weighting process provoked controversy, as the Observer reported this morning that the clout accorded to
county committee members on a document Wright's organization had circulated earlier this week did not match the 2014 election results.
In order to take over, then, the Lexington Club had to elect
enough County Committee members, election district by election district within the Assembly District, to seat their District Leader candidates.
The certificate also does not recognize that
Brooklyn County Committee members were shut out of the process, their voices suppressed the backroom deals that led to today's shameful conclusion... Although erstwhile reformer Daniel Squadron himself asked for a full vote upon his resignation, he clearly fostered and approved of the back room deal to benefit his friend and chosen successor.
The Party also took the opportunity to update a few other provisions of the rules, though these changes were not mailed to
County Committee members in advance.
• Lack of access to county committee List: While the vote is open to all Democratic
County Committee members within the district, we were not supplied a current list of eligible voters until late this week.
Eaton said he will wait until Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls a special election in NY - 11 (something the governor has shown no signs of doing any time soon), and then convene a convention
of county committee members to which all potential candidates will be invited to make their respective cases.
County Committee Members will select the candidate who is virtually guaranteed to win April 19 in the overwhelmingly Democratic District.
The candidates would appear before the county committee's executive committee, who would make a recommendation to
the county committee members in the 62nd AD, who would ultimately decide on the nominee.
Additionally, the previous rule stating that proposed resolutions must be mailed to
all County Committee members — which cost us thousands of dollars in postage!
Withholding information and suppressing engagement of
the County Committee members did a disservice to the panel of accomplished female elected officials, as many of whom spoke to the importance of providing access, resources, and support to women seeking to enter politics.