Ballot Access & Fusion: Keeping New York Corrupt
But it’s not only electoral fusion that’s corrupt and awful, so is the petition process itself. It’s hypercomplicated and deliberately designed to be a minefield for the unwary. It’s not only time to abolish the electoral fusion system and shut down the Wilson Pakulas and backroom deals, but also to simplify the ballot access system to make it easier for candidates to run. The rules for petitioning should be simplified and written in plain English, and there should be an alternative whereby a candidate simply pays a fee (set on a sliding scale, depending on the scope of the office). Hey, if the state needs another source of revenue, there you go.
As it stands now, our petitioning process should rightly be named the Election Law Attorney Full Employment Act.
As for SD-60, where Grisanti will possibly face off with Rus Thompson, here’s the entire campaign in a nutshell. I don’t know about you, but I’d choose the calm, professional man in the suit over the wildman in a sweatshirt.
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1
In addition to electoral fusion, the 2 party system is designed to protect the Democrats and Republicans from a serious 3rd party challenger. Many things need to be changed in the process, including ballot line positioning, which is highly protective of the 2 major parties.
In short our whole political system from the municipalities, state through the federal is so inherently corrupt that a major overhaul is needed….good luck to that happening….
Russ Thompson is rehasing the “chicken in every pot, car in every garage” campaign, his promise is “a gun in everyones hand, an arsenal in everyones garage”.
If that’s his promise he will get my vote. Outlaw guns and only outlaws will have guns.
Can’t vote for a guy with a bluetooth jammed in his ear
Cant vote for a woman who wont own her past, and tries to reframe he persona on a near daily basis…..
Pretty sure the person you’re replying to is a parody account…
I’ll be adding Dennis Waite to my list of political heroes! Keep your head high!!!!!
And I LOVE how Dennis says the candidacy of Dennis Nawojski (obviously another political hero for me) is helping “the Democratic Party.” As a member of that party, I agree wholeheartedly!! Yes, Dennis Waite, you are helping the Democratic Party by helping to rid our party of its most corrupt elected politician in WNY: Tim Kennedy.
Yeah!!! And here we have someone (Dennis Waite) who actually has the courage to use some of the political tactics used by the Tim Kennedy crowd for years. FINALLY, we have a Democratic HERO in Dennis Waite standing up to the likes of the politicians who use the Democratic Party for their own personal gain. This takes a lot of guts, in my view.
Stand strong Dennis Waite. You clearly are on the side of righteousness!!!
Oh, and what’s wrong with having two horses in this race?
99.061 – Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online …
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/…/index.cfm?App…/0099.061...
Florida Legislature
99.061 Method of qualifying for nomination or election to federal, state, county,… of elections of the county, or shall qualify by the petition process pursuant to s. Kills me to cite the State of Florida but this makes sense. Income to the state to operate elections and ability to petition if you don’t want to pay the fee
99.092 Qualifying fee of candidate; notification
of Department of State.—
(1) Each person seeking to qualify for nomination or
election to any office, except a person seeking to qualify
by the petition process pursuant to s. 99.095 and except
a person seeking to qualify as a write-in candidate, shall
pay a qualifying fee, which shall consist of a filing fee
and election assessment, to the officer with whom the
person qualifies, and any party assessment levied, and
shall attach the original or signed duplicate of the receipt
for his or her party assessment or pay the same, in
accordance with the provisions of s. 103.121, at the time
of filing his or her other qualifying papers. The amount of
the filing fee is 3 percent of the annual salary of the
office. The amount of the election assessment is 1
percent of the annual salary of the office sought. The
election assessment shall be transferred to the Elec
tions Commission Trust Fund. The amount of the party
assessment is 2 percent of the annual salary. The
annual salary of the office for purposes of computing the
filing fee, election assessment, and party assessment