New York Bill to Let Candidates Remove Themselves from General Election Passes State Senate

On June 5, the New York State Senate passed S5462. No one voted against it. It lets candidates who have the nomination of a minor party remove themselves from the November ballot, if they had sought the nomination of a major party but lost the major party primary. Under current law, if a smaller qualified party nominates someone who is also seeking a major party nomination but fails to get it, that candidate is stuck on the November ballot against their wish (unless they do some very arcane things, such as get the minor party’s nomination for a judicial post).


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New York Bill to Let Candidates Remove Themselves from General Election Passes State Senate — 2 Comments

  1. NY should eliminate partisan nomination and con-fusion. They could use Top 2.

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