Sentences with phrase «steal ballot lines»

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

While Sal Albanese, who is also challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary, has been backed by the Reform Party, Dietl and Malliotakis are each attempting to convince their supporters to help them steal the ballot line by voting on primary day — Tuesday, September 12 — using a provision in state election law that effectively allows an open vote.

While Sal Albanese, who is also challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary, has been backed by the Reform Party, Dietl and Malliotakis are each attempting to convince their supporters to help them steal the ballot line by voting on primary day — Tuesday, September 12 — using a provision in state election law that effectively

State Sen. George Latimer, a Democrat and the Reform Party executive committee's choice for county executive, accused Astorino of «using the Republican state party in an embarrassing attempt to steal this ballot line and do a hostile takeover of the Reform Party.»

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Insiders say the Conservatives fear the new name could jeopardize their status as the third line on the ballot by stealing votes away.

«There's nothing very tricky about this: Thousands of New Yorkers busted their backsides to create a ballot line in 2014, and a few individuals are now trying to steal it — it's a tale as old as prostitution,» Astorino spokesman William O'Reilly said.