Sentences with phrase «on ballot line»

This is pathetic but not surprising, given the way Republican Dean Skelos, the Senate majority leader, has been more chummy with Cuomo and Albany's backroom ways than any Republican ought to be, Of course, Cuomo returned the favor by throwing Skelos & Co. under the bus so he could get his name on the ballot line of the left - wing Working Families Party.

She isn't a direct threat to Astorino on any ballot line.

Most independent parties stand for nothing at all, but one of them, «Stop Common Core», is on a ballot line where the candidates actually stand for a clearly defined principle.

«I am outraged, frankly, that this person is seeking to run on the ballot line of the Party of Lincoln.

(Candidates who want to run on a ballot line of a party in which they are not enrolled need permission of that party's leaders, known as a Wilson Pakula, in order to do so).

The Secretary of the State's office said Monday that Finch can't run for re-election on the ballot line he had intended to use.

Stefanik has the endorsement of the Conservative Party, awarded after a contentious decision in April that split the state party committees, and will appear on their ballot line in November.

Businessman Martin Babinec of Little Falls has launched an effort to appear on a ballot line with a new party he has established, the Upstate Jobs Party.

The e-mail recalled a survey of the group's New York members that showed 73 percent of them wanted to see a challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo from the left, and the drama of the Working Families Party convention in June — where the labor - backed third party weighed running Ms. Teachout on its ballot line, but decided to instead endorse Mr. Cuomo after he agreed to pursue a number of left - wing policies in his second term.

You've gotten us on the ballot line twice»,» he said.

ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Republicans who plan to run for statewide office on a ballot line called «Stop Common Core» are spreading «mythology» that the academic standards represent a power - grab by the federal government.

Mr. Cuomo also struck a deal last summer with the Working Families Party, long a potent attack force for unions on fiscal issues, to appear on their ballot line in exchange for their pledge to support his agenda, including his promise not to raise or impose new taxes.

That's because the Independence Party is a statewide political party that received more than 50,000 votes on its ballot line for governor in the 2014 election, while the IDC is not considered a political party under state election law.

UPDATE 2: Carrion spokesman / adviser David Goldin confirmed Carrion is now a small - i independent, or, in other words, a «blank» with no party affiliation, and so requires Wilson Pakulas from any party to run on its ballot line.

The group American's Elect is attempting to get on the ballot line for the presidential election, even though they don't have a candidate yet.

The Liberal Party, ironically, was killed by Cuomo back in 2002 when he agreed to run for governor on its ballot line, but then quit the race one week before the September primary.

I'm not going to vote for him, even if I am supposedly sending him some kind of message by voting him on another ballot line,»» Hawkins said.

A fourth candidate, former Trolley Museum administrator and artist Steve Ladin, is running a long - shot campaign on a ballot line of his own creation — the Red Dog party.

In a recent article for Jacobin, Green Party Lieutenant Governor candidate Brian Jones argues that the party made substantial progress because the party's improved showing this year allows the party to move over two positions on the ballot line from Row «F» to Row «D».

Nixon said she'd received a mailer from the Women's Equality Party that didn't actually feature any women on it, and she said the lack of State Senate candidates running on the ballot line would hurt the chances for passing legislation to help women.

The Independence Party, like the Working Families Party, which is also under investigation (although by the US attorney's office, not the Manhattan DA's office), put a placeholder AG candidate on its ballot line, singaling a desire to wait and see what happens in the Democratic primary before making a final decision.

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins in a radio interview on Monday said the Working Families Party is making a «silly argument» to suggest vote for Gov. Andrew Cuomo on their ballot line will send a message.

The waiver allows members of one party to run as a candidate on another ballot line.

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.

Some appointed committee heads, who are charged with determining which candidate goes on the ballot line, have chided Cuomo for only getting a watered down version of a taxpayer - funded public financing system.

Special elections for state seats — like the one Gov. Andrew Cuomo scheduled in Harlem for May 23 — do not have an open primary: instead, the county committee, a panel of party insiders, selects who gets to run on the ballot line at a formal nominating convention.

Can it really have Andrew Cuomo on its ballot line in 2014 and continue to make the case, with a straight face, that it stands for something?

The party, made up of liberal activists and labor unions, has irked Mr. Cuomo for years by trying to push him to the left, though the governor will still appear on its ballot line on Election Day.

For now, however, it's unclear if Bharara is jumping into the race, though the Reform Party, led by Curtis Sliwa, would be happy to have him run on their ballot line.

A ruling issued on Wednesday by the Appellate Division «found no statutory support» for the competing claims for control of the party that a package of rules be approved by a majority of the candidates who ran on the ballot line last year.

Paladino, who is a registered Republican, would need permission from Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long to run on the ballot line.

In a gaggle with reporters in New York City Friday evening, Cuomo noted he received more than 50,000 votes on the ballot line last year — a testament, he said, to the desire for a party that promotes women's issues.

Stout, who met the signature requirement to appear on the Conservative line, said he will run on that ballot line alone in the general election if he does not win the Democratic primary.

Cuomo also created a third - party ballot line, the Women's Equality Party — one letter different from the WFP — which ended up siphoning enough votes from the WFP to push the party down below the Green Party to Row E on the ballot line.

The Liberal Party, a group that once helped play kingmaker for Rudolph W. Giuliani in his runs for mayor, but has fallen on tough times of late, said it would support Mr. Catsimatidis and list him on its ballot line in the November general election.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino said Tuesday that he'll also run on a ballot line called «Stop Common Core,» as he seeks to use unrest over the controversial academic standards in his bid to upset Democrat Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

Could the unhappiness felt by the left since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in January 2011 result in the labor - backed Working Families Party running someone other than Cuomo on its ballot line this fall?

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.

There's also former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, who is a Trump supporter, but has threatened to run on a ballot line of his own creation if Astorino is the candidate.

The party in 2010 had Matt Damon promoting a vote on the ballot line as well; Goldberg jokes in the video she wants viewers to share it on social media and beat his view total.

The email appeal comes as the WFP is making a concerted effort to have liberal voters vote on their ballot line.

Now, the WFP is calling on supporters to — ironically — back the governor on their ballot line as a way to rebuke him.

Astorino is running on a ballot line created by Republicans called «Stop Common Core» and has pledged to withdraw the state from the controversial standards.

Whether any of this will mollify the Working Families Party by the time it has to make a determination on its ballot line remains to be seen.

Cuomo is urging voters to back him and his running mate, former Rep. Kathy Hochul, on the ballot line formed to promote the 10 - point Women's Equality Act, which has stalled in Albany over a provision designed to codify Roe v. Wade.

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.

It made a name for itself that year by garnering 50,000 gubernatorial votes on its ballot line for Democratic candidate Peter Vallone — enough to ensure the party a place on future ballots.

The Independence Party of New York State also has endorsed Tedisco to run on their ballot line, which has proven to be important to many election victories.

In order to remain qualified, a party must poll at least 50,000 votes on their ballot line in the governor's race.

In a tweet, Sikora explained, «I wasn't going to run in general, but there's no way to swap names on ballot line after prim [ary].»