Of the five other Democratic candidates who filed petitions with the state's Board of Elections to appear on the third
party ballot line created by Governor Andrew Cuomo and championed by his running mate, Kathy Hochul, four of the petitions were reviewed by the B.O.E. and determined to be invalid.
The meeting in Manhattan — and a news conference that followed — were held, in part, to promote Governor Andrew Cuomo's Women's Equality Party, a third -
party ballot line he created to procure support from women voters and highlight his Republican opponent's opposition to abortion.
Not exact matches
Lazio on the Conservative
ballot creates the awful choice for Conservatives of voting for Paladino to defeat Cuomo versus voting the Conservative
line to give the
party its needed 50,000 votes thereby helping Cuomo by taking away a vote from Paladino, the only candidate who can beat Cuomo.
But Catsimatidis has two other
ballot lines — one he
created; the other is the dormant Liberal
Party.
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 p
Party ballot line last year as a way to potentially undermine the left - leaning, union - backed
partyparty.
If all else fails, Paladino is planning to petition his way onto the
ballot as an independent candidate, although he will not be naming his self -
created line the «Tea
Party,» because that would be seen as «an anathema» to activsits, Caputo said.
The Reform
Party was
created by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's allies during the 2014 election year as a
ballot line aimed at capturing voters who disapproved of the Common Core educations standards.
Cuomo, and running mate Kathy Hochul have
created a «Women's Equality
Party»
ballot line for November, and they're now pushing for all candidates for state office to sign a pledge in support of their «women's equality agenda.»
The Reform
Party was
created in 2014 by Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino as the «Stop Common Core»
ballot line.
Democrat Andrew Cuomo's reelection campaign has so far focused on the self -
created «Women's Equality
Party»
ballot line and it's «Women's Equality Agenda.»
His reelection campaign has mostly been conducted through the Women's Equality
Party ballot line he's
created for November, with his focus on codifying, and thereby protecting, the right to an abortion.
Dietl now plans to run on a self -
created ballot line, «NYC Cares» while also seeking the Reform
Party and Conservative
Party lines.
Rob Astorino's push to launch the Reform
Party — a re-naming of a
ballot line created last year set up to oppose the Common Core education standards — is part of a larger struggle for the 2014 Republican gubernatorial nominee to gain some leverage over the state's Republican apparatus.
Ben Walsh secured a second
line on the Syracuse mayoral
ballot, submitting 2,439 petition signatures to the Onondaga County Board of Elections to
create an Upstate Jobs
Party slot.
The new primary rules
create an open congressional primary (voters can cross
party lines and vote for whomever they choose) however, only the top two vote getters advance to the November
ballot.
Union leaders closely allied with Gov. Cuomo are considering
creating their own
ballot line to back him as the left - leaning Working Families
Party is moving toward nominating Nixon for governor, sources told The Post.
The Republicans have selected Laura Lavine as their nominee and Ben Walsh will seek to
create his own
party line on the
ballot.
Diane Richardson, a former candidate for Democratic district leader, is a front - runner to receive the Working Families
Party nod and is also looking to
create her own
ballot line.
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
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
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
party down below the Green
Party to Row E on the ballot
Party to Row E on the
ballot line.
Democrats said Thursday they will
create a new
ballot line to support Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and other candidates, dubbed the «Women's Equality
Party.»
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.
Cuomo allies would have to gather at least 15,000 petition signatures by mid-August to
create a «Women's Equality
Party»
line on the statewide
ballot.
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.
Cuomo has energetically pushed the «Women's Equality
Party», a
ballot line he
created this year.
Liberals accused Cuomo of
creating a separate
ballot line, the Women's Equality
Party, in part to weaken the WFP.
Sens. Ted O'Brien and Cecilia Tkaczyk unsuccessfully sought the Women's Equality
Party ballot line, which was
created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Democrats in effort to highlight the 10 - point women's agenda, which has stalled in Albany.
It's a move that comes after the Conservative
Party's executive committee formally voted to oppose the formation of the new
ballot line, which was formed out of the Stop Common Core
ballot line created last year.
The ads come as Democrats are
creating the Women's Equality
Party, a new
ballot line that is aimed at highlighting support for the women's agenda package, which was first proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2013 and includes anti-housing and workplace discrimination measures and a provision aimed at curtailing human trafficking.
Female leaders of the Working Families
Party are fuming that Gov. Cuomo has created a new party geared to women that threatens to siphon votes from their ballot
Party are fuming that Gov. Cuomo has
created a new
party geared to women that threatens to siphon votes from their ballot
party geared to women that threatens to siphon votes from their
ballot line.
He'll be on the general election
ballot in November, on a self -
created line, no matter what happens in the Reform
Party primary.
The governor then filed petitions to
create a new «Women's Equality
Party,» which many insiders view as an effort to siphon votes from the WFP in order to keep it from receiving the 50,000 votes it needs to maintain its
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.
Quinn, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor last year, has emerged as the point person for the Women's Equality
Party, a
ballot line Gov. Andrew Cuomo
created this year as a way of promoting the women's agenda as well as to gain more women voters.
Tkaczyk would later file to
create an alternative Women's Equality
Party, the
ballot line created at Cuomo's behest in 2014.
Giambra, a former Democrat who failed to garner much traction with Republican and Conservative
Party leaders in the state, left open the possibility of running on the Reform
Party ballot line,
created in 2014 by then - GOP nominee Rob Astorino out of opposition to the Common Core education standards.
It's worth noting Cuomo's numbers among women: His campaign is making a concerted effort to draw out those voters on his newly
created ballot line, the Women's Equality
Party, which is meant to highlight the 10 - point women's agenda.
Special elections for Council seats on nonpartisan elections — instead of running on a major
party's
ballot row, candidates must
create and run on their own, unique
lines.
The Green
Party, which endorsed Howie Hawkins for governor, released a statement saying the effort to
create a «Stop Common Core»
ballot line was largely a «fraudulent bait and switch effort.»
But had Howie Hawkins run for governor as an independent in 2010 with a Green
Party of New York endorsement, he would not be on the 2014 ballot now as a Green — because an endorsement legally does not create a ballot line for the p
Party of New York endorsement, he would not be on the 2014
ballot now as a Green — because an endorsement legally does not
create a
ballot line for the
partyparty.
Green
Party candidate Howie Hawkins will also appear, while five other non-major-
party candidates filed petition signatures last week to
create their own
ballot lines.
Looking to secure a second
ballot line for its candidates in this year's town elections, Southold's Democratic
Party has filed petitions with the county Board of Elections to
create a «Save Medicare»
line.
The Republican challenger has
created a new
ballot line, called the Stop Common Core
Party, to attract New Yorkers who are opposed to the controversial implementation of the new federal learning standards.
Howie Hawkins, the Green
Party candidate for Governor, said today that Governor Cuomo's effort to
create a Women's Equality
Party (WEP)
ballot line is a slap in the face to the many poor women he has neglected as Governor, especially women on welfare and minimum wage workers.
A new
party is
created for statewide office if its organizers submit the valid signatures of 15,000 registered voters, and it automatically stays on printed
ballots if its gubernatorial candidate logs 50,000 votes on its
line during the election.
The Green
Party today said that the effort by the Republicans to
create a «Stop Common Core»
ballot line was largely a fraudulent bait and switch effort.
Republicans in the state even
created a new «Stop Common Core»
party ballot line for the November election.
State Republican Chairman Ed Cox briefly acknowledged today that
creating a third -
party ballot line for the fall is something that is being discussed, but his congressional hopeful son, Christopher, was mum about whether he would run on such a
line.
By
creating ballot lines in these states, the Reform
Party will expand its influence and begin registering new members.
But in recent weeks, the alliance has frayed, with Cuomo pushing voters to cast
ballots on a new
line that the governor
created, the Women's Equality
Party, known on the
ballot as WEP, instead of the Working Families» WFP
line.
Ms. Quinn, despite openly acknowledging that Mr. Cuomo
created the WEP, touted the new
ballot line as «the first time in history women have come together to form their own
party.»