Why would he run for and potentially lose
this minor ballot line?
«A lot of time with
these minor ballot lines, they get co-opted by these fringe groups looking to get their little piece of control and it becomes little wars,» she said.
Not exact matches
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.
Cuomo does not support an end to the fusion
ballot system of allowing a candidate to run on multiple
ballot lines, but the Wilson - Pakula repeal would greatly reduce the clout of the state's
minor parties that can influence the platforms and policies of the Democratic and Republican parties.
The remaining
ballots are scattered through Conservative Party voters (36 sent out, 19 returned) and Independence Party voters (74 sent out, 37 returned) as well as other
minor - party
ballot lines.
In the judicial politics of Suffolk County, there is no
minor party
line more coveted on the
ballot than the Conservative
line.
One private poll, commissioned by the New York Unity PAC, a pro-same-sex-marriage group, was made public and showed McDonald had a chance of winning a three - way race one the
minor - party
ballot line.
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.
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano lost one of his last shots at a
minor party
ballot line for re-election when a potential stand - in candidate collected too few signatures to run on the Independence Party
line, election officials said.
They also question the need for the
minor party
lines when the candidates they are supporting are already on the
ballot.
Our opposition to New York's
minor parties — six of which currently have permanent
ballot lines — is well - known.
Nine of the 15 Common Council seats are contested on Nov. 7 in Albany, with many of the challengers who lost in the Democratic primary back on the
ballot on
minor party
lines.
New York's unique «fusion voting» system allows
minor parties to cross-endorse Democrats and Republicans, and lets voters cast their
ballots for a politician on any one of a number of party
lines.
The last time a
minor party candidate achieved
ballot access was in 2000, when Pat Buchanan ran on the Reform Party
line.
The Conservative Party moves, if carried out, could cripple the already fragile Republican Senate majority, because the
minor - party
ballot line is often critical for Republicans because usually draws 10 percent of the vote, often the margin of victory.
The jostling over the
minor party's
ballot line is just one twist in the scramble for attorney general, following Mr. Schneiderman's abrupt resignation last Monday after The New Yorker detailed four women's accusations of being physically assaulted by him.
Also, a petition was filed at the Suffolk County Board of Elections to create an opportunity to
ballot for the Women's Equality party
line in the 1st Congressional District on the East End, where Democrat Anna Throne - Holst has gotten the
minor party's nod.
Minor parties, too, often function as
lines on a
ballot meant to confuse a voter into believing they're supporting an issue.
As a person who is not registered in any party, and who has not received any of the «
minor» party nominations, Dietl's only prospect for running is on a self - created independent
ballot line.
(New York is one of six states that permits «fusion voting,» or permitting votes cast for a candidate appearing on multiple
ballot lines to be counted for that one candidate; thus, New York is home to several
minor parties — the Independence Party on Row C, the Conservative Party on Row D, and the WFP on Row E — that «cross-endorse» major party nominees for office).
But New York has a long history of
minor parties pushing narrow issues or ideologies, then achieving disproportionate influence by pledging their
ballot lines to major - party pols — in return for future considerations.
However, Goodhue was still going to appear on the November
ballot on a
minor party
line.
There's also going to be a Reform Party primary in the district, letting him get on the
ballot on that new
minor party's
line if he can convince a majority of the district's three registered Reform members to write his name in.
The Indys, like all the other
minor parties, need to see Cuomo receive at least 50,000 votes on their
line in order to maintain their official
ballot status for another four years.
In sharp contrast, every other
minor party with a permanent
ballot line backed either Democratic Gov. Cuomo or GOP candidate Rob Astorino, thanks to New York's bizarre system of allowing cross-endorsements.
One advantage has been the frequent cross-endorsement of Republicans by the Independence Party — a
minor political party whose
ballot line is seen as more likely to make conservative - leaning Democrats comfortable voting for GOP candidates.
Ending Wilson - Pakula would be a significant blow to the clout of the leadership of the state's influential
minor parties who grant the waivers for candidates of major parties to run on their
ballot lines.
He also won almost exclusively on the strength of his Democratic
ballot line, with a smattering of votes from three
minor party
lines.
Regardless of Tuesday's outcome, both Becallo and Giordano could appear on the November
ballot on
minor party
lines.
The jockeying for the
minor party
lines amounts to part beauty contest and part insurance policy, ensuring Democratic candidates a place on the
ballot should they lose a Democratic primary.
Elsewhere on the
ballot are more than a dozen opportunity to
ballot — or write - in — primaries for
minor party
lines.