Sentences with phrase «official ballot status»

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.

I'm taking bets on whether McMillan manages to hit the 50,000 mark and land the «Rent Is Too Damn High» Party official ballot status.

The Conservative Party needs to get 50,000 votes for its gubernatorial candidate in order to preserve its official ballot status.

There was some talk among WFP insiders early on about running a high - profile progressive like actor Alec Baldwin instead of Cuomo in hopes of generating the 50,000 votes necessary to retain its official ballot status.

Hawkins obtained official ballot status for the Green Party 4 years ago by pulling more than the required 50,000 votes.

The WFP had considered running its own candidate in the form of a big - name liberal star to run on Cuomo's left and draw the 50,000 votes necessary to maintain its official ballot status.

This is a big deal for the minor parties, particularly when it comes to the governor's race, in which their candidates must receive at least 50,000 votes to maintain official ballot status.

«Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon is the latest prominent (at least in some circles) New Yorker to appear in a video pushing Row E (AKA the Working Families Party) as part of the labor - backed party's effort to attract 50,000 votes in the governor's race and retain its official ballot status.

State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long recently insisted it's the Republicans, not his party, in danger of losing their official ballot status this November, quipping: «How do you say Carl Paladino in French?

Long rejected the idea that his days might be numbered as state chairman, insisting the party won't have any trouble hitting the 50,000 mark with Lazio on its line in November in order to maintain its official ballot status.

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The minor party does not have official party status and, according to the ADE, has had problems with ballot access in the past.

If the WFP fails to hit that 50,000 mark in the governor's race, it will lose its official status and, more importantly, its ballot status.

If the party fails to win at least 50,000 votes for its gubernatorial contenders on its ballot line, it will both its line and its official status — and basically all but cease to exist.

He really won't have any choice, seeing as how the WFP needs to hit the 50,000 mark on its ballot line in the gubernatorial election in order to maintain its official party status for another four years.

Unmentioned is the fact that Cuomo, whose victory over Republican Rob Astorino in November is even more likely without a WFP candidate in the race, would probably seek some sort of retaliation against the WFP — assuming, that is, that the party managed to get 50,000 votes for Teachout on its ballot line in the November general election and maintained its official status.

LaVenia's fellow co-chair, Howie Hawkins, whose gubernatorial candidacy last fall brought the Greens official party status and a ballot line for the next four years, concurred, saying:

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.