Sentences with phrase «one's ballot line»

Often, a third party ballot line provides the margin of victory for candidates in close elections.

We can be on 45 or more state ballot lines for the first time ever.

They should be forced to start from scratch and get 50,000 signatures to create a new ballot line.

She has also filed to appear on her own self - created ballot lines.

He may pursue his own ballot line as well.

The party wasn't the only issue - based ballot line formed last year.

That was enough to make the party a permanent ballot line until the next governor's race in four years.

A number of you had approached me prior to the convention about the establishment of an independent ballot line to help support our candidates this year.

He said a week ago that the labor - backed party had to accept his platform or he would refuse the endorsement, and that would threaten the party's automatic ballot line.

Why would he run for and potentially lose this minor ballot line?

And critics suggest it might be time to do away with that, too, forcing candidates to pick a single ballot line and stick with it.

One might argue that the ability to create alternative ballot lines provides opportunity to showcase particular philosophies or causes on a ballot but this is only partly accurate.

A fight between labor unions representing the interests of working people and a third party ballot line is not something we are interested in engaging.

But since 2000, we haven't been on the ballot in more than 32 ballot lines in any given year.

Through the efforts of party organizers, and the campaign staffers of our candidate, we currently have approximately twenty five ballot lines for the general election.

He's also said that he plans to run on a self - created ballot line.

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].»

On its face, James» declination is shocking: In 2003, she became the first candidate in New York City political history to win election running solely on the third - party ballot line of the WFP, winning an election to replace ex-Brooklyn Councilman James Davis, who months earlier had been assassinated by a political rival.

Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, easily defeated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in New Jersey tonight — and all but definitely captured the Democratic ballot line in November, eight years to the day since she suspended her campaign against then - Sen.

Look for him on the Green Party ballot line with gubernatorial candidate Seth Kaper - Dale.

«The resignation of this elected town justice, its timing and clear political purpose — allowing the usurping of ballot lines from the will of voters — stains the judiciary and undermines the public trust in the administration of justice,» Buckley wrote in his complaint.

Astorino joined with three other Republican candidates for statewide office to create a Stop Common Core ballot line for the general election.

Senator Felder of Brooklyn, who has been instrumental in maintaining a narrow Republican majority in the state Senate, will appear on the Democratic, Republican and Conservative ballot lines in District 17 for the general election.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein faces former city Councilman Oliver Koppell, while Queens Sen. Tony Avella is being challenged for the Democratic ballot line by former city Comptroller John Liu.

Kathy Hochul, Cuomo's running mate, lieutenant governor candidate and former western New York congresswoman, announced the formation of the new ballot line at a press conference with women supporters near a statue of Eleanor Roosevelt on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

What: Convicted for his part in a failed bribery scheme to get him the Republican ballot line for New York City mayor.

Nicoletti previously said he would stay in the race on the Working Families ballot line if he lost the Democratic Primary, but in a show of what he called «party unity,» Nicoletti bowed out.

He will appear on the Conservative and Independence Party ballot lines as well.

In 2014, Cuomo ran on a newly formed ballot line called the Women's Equality Party, which was meant to highlight his support for package of measures meant to benefit women in the workplace and housing as well as a bolstering of abortion rights.

Most notably, he's also been endorsed by the Working Families Party, a group that could theoretically provide a general election ballot line in addition to troops on the ground.

WFP leaders had accused Cuomo of creating the Women's Equality Party ballot line last year as a way to potentially undermine the left - leaning, union - backed party.

Babinec said he is working to secure a permanent ballot line next year for his party.

He began with an opening statement and then answered questions on topics which included the Independence Party (whose ballot line Cuomo is on), the protest at the rally and Cuomo's efforts on passing the DREAM Act, a recent report that 34,000 people have been designated under the SAFE Act as ineligible to own guns and the prospect of Ebola - related restrictions on commercial flights.

The spot also reminds voters that Grisanti is on the Independence Party ballot line after losing the Republican primary last month to Kevin Stocker.

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.

Many in Clarkstown believe that Wayne Ballard gave Sparaco two jobs in the Clarkstown Highway Department — one as a part - time $ 75,000 «Constituent Services Assistant» (which the Town Board eliminated) and then a job as a $ 103,600 full - time «Confidential Secretary» — because of Sparaco's «abilities» in providing additional ballot lines at election time.

In a multi-way, pick two race, Hagen and Herzman won with eighteen percent on the Reform Party line, and a minority of votes cast for them on other ballot lines.

The WFP's small pro-Cuomo faction tried and failed to both delay the nod for a month and keep the party's ballot line blank, but eventually the committee overwhelmingly voted 91.5 percent to back the «Sex and the City» star and activist.

ALBANY — State Republicans are planning to develop a second ballot line for the party's statewide candidates, The Post has learned.

«What makes it less partisan than having a series of different ballot lines?»

If the Conservative candidate can attract more votes than the Republican nominee, then the Conservative Party takes ballot line B for the next four years.

Albanese is also running on the Reform Party ballot line regardless of the outcome of the Democratic primary.

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.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's AG campaign spokeswoman told me he would review future ballot line opportunities at the appropriate time.

Republican and Democratic candidates have the ability to steal ballot lines from endorsed Green Party candidates, and add them to their own through fusion.

The move by Democrats comes nine days after Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino announced he's launching an alternate ballot line called «Stop Common Core,» to tap into voters upset about the controversial academic standards.

But Hochul is not well - known statewide — she's running to replace Cuomo's current lieutenant governor, Robert Duffy — and will appear on a separate ballot line from Cuomo in next month's primary, making her uniquely vulnerable to the protest ticket being led by Zephyr Teachout.