Sentences with phrase «multiple ballot lines»

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.

On paper, he was great - a suburban chief executive in a swing county who had carried multiple ballot lines in his last election and had branded himself as a budget buster with independent - voter appeal.

The Conservative Party typically supports the GOP nominee by utilizing New York's fusion voting system, which allows candidates to appear on multiple ballot lines.

Candidates in New York can run on multiple ballot lines.

They both faced Republican candidates running on multiple ballot lines, and prevailed with over fifty percent of the vote.

(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).

The party is generally opposed to fusion balloting, or the process of allowing candidates to run on multiple ballot lines.

The predicament facing the party is a product of New York's unusual voting system, which allows candidates to appear on multiple ballot lines.

Many other petitions were filed under independent party labels by candidates who will already be running as Republicans and Democrats, and these candidates will thus have their names appearing on multiple ballot lines.

New York election law allows candidates to run on multiple ballot lines.

Candidates running for office in New York can run on multiple ballot lines, regardless of party enrollment.

The success on the multiple ballot lines comes more than a year after Cuomo proposed an overhaul of New York's fusion balloting system.