This New York Daily News story has the latest on the public reaction to the December 1 report issued by the New York Commission on public funding.

The article quotes Governor Andrew Cuomo as saying that the other two states with disaggregated fusion, Connecticut and South Carolina, require parties to meet a test to remain on the ballot “every year.” Even if he meant every election year, he is still wrong. A qualified party in South Carolina remains on the ballot as long as it runs at least one nominee for some partisan office every four years. And in Connecticut, qualified status is office-by-office. When a party polls 1% or more for an office that is only up every four years (such as Governor), then that qualified status last four years, not two years.