The big winner in the five - way Democratic AG primary was «don't know», with a whopping 81 percent of poll respondents who are
enrolled members of the party choosing that answer when asked a generic «who will you vote for» question.
A person elected to fill a vacancy in the County Committee shall be
an enrolled member of the Party qualified for election from the Election District in which such vacancy shall exist.
Of course, the bar he needs to reach is just 25 percent — the requirement for
enrolled members of the party to get onto the ballot.
To qualify for the November ballot, New York state election law requires each candidate for the 53rd Senate District to collect at least 1,000 signatures from
enrolled members of each party between May 29 and July 10.
Not exact matches
The battle to reunify Democrats in the Senate was sparked in part by the addition
of Brian Benjamin, who won a special election last month to fill a vacant seat and giving the
party 32
enrolled members again the Senate.
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.
to notify the Electoral Commission if the number
of current financial
members of the
party who are eligible to
enrol as electors falls below 500; and
Kavanagh also has proposals to address the long lead time required for voters who are
enrolled as a
member of one
party but want to change their
party affiliation to vote in a different primary.
Steve Greenberg, with Siena College's polling center, says the 495
of New York residents are registered Democrats, 25 % are
enrolled in the Republican
Party, and 24 % are independents or members of another political p
Party, and 24 % are independents or
members of another political
partyparty.
(Actually, there are 105,238
enrolled Independence
Party members in the five boroughs, according to the state Board of Elections, and 751,442 so - called «blanks» who aren't members of any political party — major or th
Party members in the five boroughs, according to the state Board
of Elections, and 751,442 so - called «blanks» who aren't
members of any political
party — major or th
party — major or third).
Fulani noted there are «nearly one million independent voters, the majority
of whom are Black, Latino and Asian, who are locked out
of the decisive first round
of voting» because
of the closed - primary system in New York that only allows
enrolled members to cast ballots in intra -
party contests, adding: «That is what some like to call an inconvenient truth.»
Pressure has increased on the IDC in the wake
of a special election last month that filled a vacant upper Manhattan district with Democrat Brian Benjamin, giving the
party 32
enrolled members, but not enough to form a working majority.
A state Supreme Court decision ultimately ordered hundreds
of newly
enrolled party members struck from its rolls, and noted that the court «can not countenance the attempted destruction
of a minor political
party for ulterior gain.»
Under the 2011 legislation that created JCOPE, the governor appoints six
of its 14 commissioners, «at least three
of whom shall be
enrolled members of the major political
party that is not that
of the Governor.»
Though there are only eleven registered
members of the Reform
party in Ulster County, those who are
enrolled voters but not registered to any
party may participate in this primary, in which no names will appear on the ballot.
(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election
of officers be by a secret ballot
of the
members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all
enrolled Democrats residing in the political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures
of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request
of any
member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed by an officer
of the organization designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement
of all candidates for
party position or public office in the
party primary be by a secret ballot
of the
members of the organization.
If the boundaries
of such Election District have been created or changed since the last preceding General Election at which
members of Assembly were elected then the above formula shall apply based on that percentage
of the number
of persons
enrolled in the
Party in such Election District on the list
of enrolled voters last published by the Board
of Elections which the total vote cast in the County for governor under the
Party emblem at the last preceding gubernatorial election bore to the total
Party enrollment in the County on the list
of enrolled voters last published by the Board
of Elections.
Those vacancies also lower the total number
of potential votes (the denominator) used to determine whether a candidate earns a primary spot (which takes 25 percent
of the weighted vote), formal nomination (which takes a majority) or Wilson - Pakula proclamation, the formal document required to let a non-W.F.P.
member (an
enrolled Democrat, usually) run on the
party's line.
There are also 3,133
enrolled Conservatives, 9,917
members of the Independence
Party, 731 Working Families Party members and 58,088 «blanks» who are not affiliated with any political p
Party, 731 Working Families
Party members and 58,088 «blanks» who are not affiliated with any political p
Party members and 58,088 «blanks» who are not affiliated with any political
partyparty.
She is an
enrolled member of the Conservative
Party, whose leaders support traditional family values.
But while New York's fusion voting system allows candidates who are registered Democrats to receive the ballot line from a
party in which they are not
enrolled, the
party's officers still must be
members of that
party.
In accordance with state law, it will be signed by an
enrolled member of the local
party.
The other Republican / Conservative - backed candidates endorsed by the union are Teryl Mickens, a
member of the Independence
Party who is running against incumbent Democrat Bill Carey in Ward 5; James Rodden, a registered Democrat who is running against incumbent Democrat Steve Schabot in Ward 8; and Patrick O'Reilly, who is not enrolled in a political party and is running against registered Democrat Bryant «Drew» Andrews for the open seat in Wa
Party who is running against incumbent Democrat Bill Carey in Ward 5; James Rodden, a registered Democrat who is running against incumbent Democrat Steve Schabot in Ward 8; and Patrick O'Reilly, who is not
enrolled in a political
party and is running against registered Democrat Bryant «Drew» Andrews for the open seat in Wa
party and is running against registered Democrat Bryant «Drew» Andrews for the open seat in Ward 7.
The primary campaign could be crowded, especially if some candidates take advantage
of their right to petition onto the ballot by collecting signatures from
enrolled party members.
To earn a place on the ballot, candidates must secure signatures from 5 percent
of enrolled party members in the election district.
The state Board
of Election's chief enforcement counsel, Risa Sugarman, has probed the Independence
Party / IDC arrangement, questioning its legality since IDC
members are
enrolled as Democrats, not
members of the Independence
Party.
Polls will be open noon to 9 p.m. Only
enrolled members of a political
party can vote in a primary for that
party's candidates.
Clinton, meanwhile stands to benefit from New York's closed primary system which restricts voting to
enrolled party members; Sanders draws much
of his support from independent voters who will be left out
of Tuesday's polling.
With only 180
enrolled Green
Party members in the city as
of April, Peltz needed just nine signatures to get on November's mayoral ballot.
These two additional
members must not have been
enrolled in either
of the two major political
parties in the preceding five years.
The game is a charming take on the Wizardry - style dungeon crawl games with a twist — all the
party members are drawn from a pool
of newly -
enrolled students at a Sword and Sorcery School.