Sentences with phrase «political party ballot line»

Not exact matches

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.

Andrew Cuomo, then running for governor in 2010, at the last minute agreed to run on the WFP's ballot line, thus saving them from spiraling into the political black hole that swallowed up the now - defunct Liberal Party.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The papers Sliwa tried serving on de Blasio stem from an apparent violation in city election rules governing how political parties can give their ballot lines to candidates who are not enrolled in the party.

Three days later, the WFP «said they didn't really mean it» when political director Bill Lipton suggested the party would take her off its November ballot line if she loses the Democratic primary to Gov. Cuomo so as not to play the «spoiler.»

But Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, is threatening to cut into the party's share of the vote by promoting his own political party, the Women's Equality Party, on whose ballot line he will also apparty's share of the vote by promoting his own political party, the Women's Equality Party, on whose ballot line he will also apparty, the Women's Equality Party, on whose ballot line he will also apParty, on whose ballot line he will also appear.

Court records filed in connection with the request for a search warrant to obtain DNA outlines allegations that the officials and other political operatives for the Rensselaer County Democratic Party may have conspired to file the fraudulent absentee ballots in an attempt to seize the third - party WFP line for the general elecParty may have conspired to file the fraudulent absentee ballots in an attempt to seize the third - party WFP line for the general elecparty WFP line for the general election.

The process to replace (Squadron) involves obscure mechanisms that could empower old allies of Sheldon Silver, whose corruption scandal cost him the Assembly speakership two years ago... Voters do not decide who runs on each political party's ballot line in such an election.

Walsh, who is not enrolled in a political party, will appear on the Independence Party and Reform Party ballot lparty, will appear on the Independence Party and Reform Party ballot lParty and Reform Party ballot lParty ballot lines.

A year ago this week, New York political observers bore witness to one of the most awkward marriages since Liza Minnelli and David Gest: The liberal Working Families Party gave its ballot line to centrist governor Andrew Cuomo.

Political parties in New York State need at least 50,000 votes on their line for governor to maintain their position on the next cycle's ballot.

He began with a statement concerning the stabbing of two young children in Brooklyn and then answers questions concerning that incident, the proposed state law to allow municipalities to further raise the minimum wage and whether he would pursue a $ 13 minimum wage for New York City, how that proposed law fits into the political deal that gave Governor Cuomo the Work Families Party ballot line, a young boy hit and killed today by a car and how Vision Zero addresses that location and the large number of shootings in the City this past weekend.

The bomb - throwing Buffalo builder got enough votes on the Conservative line in his disastrous gubernatorial campaign against Democrat Andrew Cuomo to secure the No. 3 spot on the ballot for the right - leaning political party, which had once been written off by political observers.

It flirted with endorsing Teachout, and she and some of her supporters believe the party — and its permanent ballot line — is a strong and lasting force for dragging New York's political discourse to the left.

Green Party leaders in Nassau and Suffolk say their ballot lines have been hijacked by Republican and Democratic judicial candidates who aren't party members — and whose political views sometimes clash with Green Party stanceParty leaders in Nassau and Suffolk say their ballot lines have been hijacked by Republican and Democratic judicial candidates who aren't party members — and whose political views sometimes clash with Green Party stanceparty members — and whose political views sometimes clash with Green Party stanceParty stances....

Whatever happens, the Working Families Party is also being guided by the political reality that whoever wins its line for governor has to deliver at least 50,000 votes or the party would lose its guaranteed spot on the ballot for the next four yParty is also being guided by the political reality that whoever wins its line for governor has to deliver at least 50,000 votes or the party would lose its guaranteed spot on the ballot for the next four yparty would lose its guaranteed spot on the ballot for the next four years.

One advantage has been the frequent cross-endorsement of Republicans by the Independence Party — a minor political party whose ballot line is seen as more likely to make conservative - leaning Democrats comfortable voting for GOP candidParty — a minor political party whose ballot line is seen as more likely to make conservative - leaning Democrats comfortable voting for GOP candidparty whose ballot line is seen as more likely to make conservative - leaning Democrats comfortable voting for GOP candidates.

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 electionParty 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 electionparty 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 electionparty under state election law.

Christine Quinn can start a fake Women's Equality Party, and Andrew Cuomo can run on it, but it can not change the fact that Andrew Cuomo is the reason there is no Women's Equality Act in New York,» said Ms. Teachout, claiming the new ballot line is a thin and obvious political ploy New York's women would see through.

This multitude of ballot lines distorts the political process, shifting the focus away from character, qualifications and principle to sheer line - grubbing and appeasement of party bosses.

Political third parties in New York are required to get 50,000 votes in a gubernatorial election every four years to maintain a ballot line.