Sentences with phrase «party ballot line of»

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.

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Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red - blue political divide.

The bottom line is that marijuana ballot initiatives can drive more people to the polls, but they don't seem to help either party or affect the number of young voters.

The party was formed after the 2014 election by Republican nominee Rob Astorino out of the Stop Common Core ballot line.

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

The state Conservative Party has given its nod to Elise Stefanik, one of two Republicans contenders (as of today) vying for the North Country House seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, ensuring her a ballot line in the November general election regardless of the outcome of the June GOP primary.

Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot party's leaders to run on their ballot line.

He also promised «an awful lot of people are going to get hurt in the process» if legislative leaders go along with the governor's idea of scrapping third party officials» power to hand - pick who runs on their ballot lines — a pledge that no doubt sent shivers up the spines of not a few Senate Republicans.

The email comes as party leaders from across the state and the political spectrum question or outright oppose ending the law, which allows members of one political party a waiver to run on another ballot line.

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.

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.

(The mayor, of course, is now a man without a party, but managed to convince — with the help of some generous campaign contributions — the five NYC GOP county leaders to let him run on their ballot line yet again in» 09).

Paychex billionaire Tom Golisano doesn't appear to like the idea of Democratic AG Andrew Cuomo running on the ballot line of the state Independence Party established and nurtured by his three unsuccessful self - funded campaigns for governor.

Barron, who hopes to receive at least 50,000 votes on the Freedom Party line, establishing a new third party that will have automatic ballot status in the 2014 elections, told me the vast number of signatures he has amassed should serve as the equivilent of a political «no trespassing» sign to any of his detracParty line, establishing a new third party that will have automatic ballot status in the 2014 elections, told me the vast number of signatures he has amassed should serve as the equivilent of a political «no trespassing» sign to any of his detracparty that will have automatic ballot status in the 2014 elections, told me the vast number of signatures he has amassed should serve as the equivilent of a political «no trespassing» sign to any of his detractors.

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 pParty ballot line last year as a way to potentially undermine the left - leaning, union - backed partyparty.

Republican Bob Antonacci became the first candidate to secure a third - party ballot line in the race for the 50th Senate District seat left open by the retirement of Sen. John DeFrancisco.

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.

The Wilson Pakula threshold for anyone not enrolled in the party who wants to run on the line, as you'll recall, is just over 50 percent of the weighted convention vote — more than twice the 25 percent necessary for party members to get onto the ballot.

In the wake of the latest bombshell corruption scandal, which netted two New York City GOP officials from Queens and the Bronx, other party leaders were quick to volunteer that knew absolutely nothing about the scheme to essentially buy a GOP ballot line in the NYC mayor's race for Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith.

It's possible the WFP could endorse Nixon but not give her its ballot line, putting a placeholder candidate there instead — just in case there's a post-primary peace deal between the governor and the party that requires her to go away quietly before the November general, though, as Nick reported yesterday, there are ways of getting her name off the ballot if necessary, too.

The party has been helping a town supervisor candidate in Clarkstown, a Republican running on the Reform Party ballot line, in the form of a Tparty has been helping a town supervisor candidate in Clarkstown, a Republican running on the Reform Party ballot line, in the form of a TParty ballot line, in the form of a TV ad.

Republican Bob Antonacci, the Onondaga County comptroller, moved a step closer to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

As Nixon tries to harness progressives in her left - flank challenge to Cuomo, an early test of her staying power will come with the Working Families Party, which could give her a general - election ballot line even if the governor wins the Democratic nomination.

ALBANY — As Cynthia Nixon tries to harness progressives in her left - flank challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, an early test of her staying power will come with the Working Families Party, which could give her a general - election ballot line even if Cuomo wins the Democratic nomination.

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.»

Faced with losing the ballot line to a challenger who tapped into resentment over his estate tax cuts, charter - school championing and failure to deliver campaign finance reform, Governor Andrew Cuomo won the party's designation only after promising to fight for Democratic control of the state Senate and deliver a progressive policy wish list.

It is also plans to reorganize and improve state affiliates until it has ballot lines in all fifty states and the District of Columbia — plus active parties in all American territories.

They are accused of trying to fix this year's mayoral ballot, allegedly exchanging thousands of dollars in cash, so - called payoffs for Republican party officials to agree to put Smith, a Democrat, on the GOP line.

Another trouble spot for Cuomo will be repealing the Wilson Pakula law of 1947, a measure that allows party bosses to allow non-party members to run on their ballot lines.

Lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Kathy Hochul (D) and supporters of Gov. Cuomo gathered signatures for a Women's Equality Party line, thereby increasing the Democratic ticket's haul of ballot lines to four.

Because of the performance of our Presidential candidates in 2016, state Green Parties have maintained ballot access in 21 states, more post election ballot lines than we have had in over a decade!

We will be on the ballot line in November as the Green Party, but there is plenty of Red as well as Green in our platform.

ALBANY — New York City Public Advocate Letitia James won't seek the ballot line of the liberal Working Families Party in her campaign for New York attorney general, a spokeswoman confirmed.

In the judicial politics of Suffolk County, there is no minor party line more coveted on the ballot than the Conservative line.

Sliwa's celebrity power in New York City could attract the 50,000 votes needed to give the Reform Party an automatic line on ballots for the next four years, ending the expensive and difficult effort to securing thousands of signatures for petitions to be placed on ballots statewide.

One private poll, commissioned by the New York Unity PAC, a pro-same-sex-marriage group, was made public and showed McDonald had a chance of winning a three - way race one the minor - party ballot line.

«But given that the Independence, Conservative, and Working Families parties all had more than 150,000 votes at the top of the ticket in both 2008 and 2006, it is very unlikely that the double - vote problem will cost any party their ballot line.»

McGuire said the NYCF PAC did not get involved in the Grisanti race during the primary, but will now engage on behalf of «pro-family candidate» Chuck Swanick, the former Erie County legislator who lost his primary bid for the Democratic line to attorney Mike Amodeo, but remains on the November ballot on the Conservative Party line.

Roger «Socks» Stone is a master of this and he could have a winner in The Knight in Shining Money Carl Paladino as for Davis if she makes it to the ballot and then gets the 50,000 votes you need to become a party and have a ballot line he has another winner.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano lost one of his last shots at a minor party ballot line for re-election when a potential stand - in candidate collected too few signatures to run on the Independence Party line, election officials party ballot line for re-election when a potential stand - in candidate collected too few signatures to run on the Independence Party line, election officials Party line, election officials said.

With McDonald running solely on the Independence ballot line, he receives 45 percent of the vote, compared to 28 percent of the vote for Marchione, who would have the GOP and Conservative Party lines.

Libertarian nominee Mike McDermott captured only about 14,000 votes, putting the party far short of where it was in 2010 and failing to secure a ballot line.

The five states in which it operates (New York, Connecticut, South Carolina, Vermont, and Oregon) all have enacted «fusion voting» — a system in which each party that qualifies gets a spot on the ballot — in some states its own line with a check box — where it can list the candidate it favors, regardless of party.

So on one hand we have an incredibly detailed litany of rehashed innuendo regarding the minutiae of canvassing operations and supposed irregularities at the level of timesheets, with the implication that someone is cheating; while on the other hand we have a blithely cynical sketch of how two billionaires own a political party, with one of them forthrightly buying its ballot line for himself.

And that brings us back to the question of the other article in City Hall, regarding the outright purchase of an established political party and its ballot line.

Sliwa, a radio host and state chairman of the fledgling Reform Party, was trying to serve de Blasio with paperwork related to the party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other citywide candidates off the Working Families Party ballot Party, was trying to serve de Blasio with paperwork related to the party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other citywide candidates off the Working Families Party ballot party's attempt to boot de Blasio and two other citywide candidates off the Working Families Party ballot Party ballot line.

The National Federation of Independent Business» Mike Elmendorf today released a letter to the Working Families Party's Can Cantor, urging an «open dialogue» about how to achieve the reforms the labor - backed party endorsed when it backed Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo's «New New York Agenda» in order to get him to run on its ballot Party's Can Cantor, urging an «open dialogue» about how to achieve the reforms the labor - backed party endorsed when it backed Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo's «New New York Agenda» in order to get him to run on its ballot party endorsed when it backed Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo's «New New York Agenda» in order to get him to run on its ballot line.

MANHATTAN — The fate of the State Senate and several offices likely hinged on two things Tuesday night: voter turnout in New York City and whether voters were willing to split their ballots and cross party lines.

The creation of the Stop Common Core Party came with an added benefit for Astorino: It gave him a third ballot line.

Teachout called the endorsement a «surprising rebuke» of the sitting governor, whose campaign hopes to appeal to women with a new «Women's Equality Party» line on the November ballot.