The Reform Party of New York has been ballot-qualified since November 2014. In 2016 a dispute began over the true party officers. On May 31, though, the faction that had lost in the lower court withdrew its appeal. As a result, Curtis Sliwa is the undisputed state chair.
The party was put on the ballot in 2014 by Republican activists who wanted yet another line for the Republican gubernatorial nominee, Rob Astorino. Originally the party’s name was “Stop Common Core.” Astorino polled over 50,000 votes on that line, so it became a qualified party and changed its name to the Reform Party.
In other New York Reform Party news, the party was unable to have former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara listed on its primary ballot for Attorney General. But the primary for that office will go ahead, with three candidates listed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_Party_of_New_York_State
Updated 31 May 2018.
Machinations for some time.
The party bosses continue to display self-destructive behavior under plurality elections and plurality election psychology.
Are you interested in an unbiased mathematical voting system that helps unite the 100% under pure proportional representation (PPR)?
The United Coalition has been getting a lot done for political unity since 1995 for more than twenty-three consecutive years and PPR works fine.
Our Unity Platform California (ss11) is an example of teamwork where we can vote, think and act as a team on multiple geographical levels simultaneously:
Unity Platform California (5/15/2018)
http://usparliament.org/ss11-unity-platform.php
–Opposite gender #1, with consecutively alternating genders thereafter
–Replace Top Two in California Elections with Pure Proportional Representation (PPR)
–Non-Aggression Principle (NAP)
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Actually, Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, is Chair of New York’s Reform Party. His ally Frank Morano is party Secretary.
Thank you. I just now fixed it.