Sentences with phrase «gain ballot lines»

As it vies to gain ballot lines, the Reform Party is hoping that funds can be used to build parties in easy ballot access states.

Paladino, an enrolled Republican, would have to seek the approval from the Conservative Party in order to gain the ballot line.

New York's easy ballot access: New York's election rules allow any «nationally known and recognized» presidential candidates to appear on the ballot, making it easy to gain a ballot line compared to some other states.

Illinois is the 21st state to gain a ballot line for the Green Party.

Not exact matches

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.

Rob Astorino's push to launch the Reform Party — a re-naming of a ballot line created last year set up to oppose the Common Core education standards — is part of a larger struggle for the 2014 Republican gubernatorial nominee to gain some leverage over the state's Republican apparatus.

With the re-organization of the ballot line, the Reform Party also gained a new symbol on the ballot: A broom.

He made his Women's Equality Act the linchpin of his end - of - session agenda in 2014, and even gained an additional ballot line that year through his creation of the Women's Equality Party.

The Labour rebels broke the party line to support an amendment forcing schools who hoped to become self - governing trusts to first gain approval of parents through a ballot.

The campaign had submitted 4,444 signatures to gain access to the ballot line, but a hearing officer of the state Board of Elections found 3,160 of those were invalid.

Klein, interestingly enough, ran on no fewer than four ballot lines in 2012, gaining access to the GOP line thanks to some peace making with erstwhile opponent Bronx County Chairman Jay Savino, who is now facing federal corruption charges for an alleged scheme to put fellow IDC Sen. Malcolm Smith on the Republican mayoral ballot through bribery.

A faction fighting for control of the Women's Equality Party allied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo scored a victory in court this week as a five - judge panel struck down efforts by two competing groups to gain power over the ballot line.

Wagner is among the Democratic Senate candidates and incumbents running in battleground districts who have failed to file the proper petition signatures to gain the newly formed ballot line created to promote the women's agenda, which has stalled in Albany.

Cuomo formed the ballot line last year as a way of gaining support from women voters and drawing attention to a 10 - point package of measures aimed at pay equity, human trafficking and strengthening abortion rights.

Sens. Cecilia Tkaczyk and Terry Gipson this month also gained the Green Party ballot line as well.

That's because WFP leaders calculated the endorsement was their best route to gaining the 50,000 votes they need to retain an automatic ballot line for the next four years.

The WEP was created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo before the 2014 gubernatorial election and gained official party status when he received more than 50,000 votes on that ballot line.

But the WEP also barely gained 50,000 votes and may have siphoned support from the WFP — the Green Party line netted more votes than the WFP, allowing them to appear higher on the ballot for the next four years.

Quinn, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor last year, has emerged as the point person for the Women's Equality Party, a ballot line Gov. Andrew Cuomo created this year as a way of promoting the women's agenda as well as to gain more women voters.

Rep. Elise Stefanik gained the endorsement Tuesday of the Reform Party ballot line, her re-election campaign announced.

The ballot line, created by state Democrats and Cuomo's re-election campaign to promote the 10 - point women's agenda, does not have many down - ballot candidates gaining access after their petitions were tossed.

Though the Conservative organization endorsed Democrat John J. Flynn Jr., Treanor won the nomination in the party primary, gaining the third line on the ballot and a significant boost.