New York Keeps Third Party Candidates Off the Ballot
In the November election, Republican and Democratic candidates for New York governor will face no opposition on the ballot from any third party candidates. The reason is not that nobody desires to run as a third party candidate. Instead, third party candidates were unable to meet the state government’s newly-imposed increased number of signatures required on ballot access petitions. Tim Williams provides details in a September 6 article at Spectrum News 1.