This newspaper story says there are more than a dozen state court lawsuits around New York over whether particular Women’s Equality Party candidates should be removed from the November 3, 2015 ballot. In the meantime, election officials are worried about the schedule for printing ballots.
As of April 1, 2015 (the last tally available), the Women’s Equality Party only had 12 registered members. The other party that was created in the November 2014 election, the Reform Party (which is completely controlled by Republicans) only has 10 registered members. See the state tally here. Thanks to Reginald Neale for that link.
“The other party that was created in the November 2014 election, the Reform Party (which is completely controlled by Republicans)”
According to the national Reform Party, this is incorrect. They claim to have control of the former Stop Common Core Party.
Wasn’t the Reform Party basically the Independent Party in New York?
Jed, I am afraid the national Reform Party is not in touch with reality about that. I believe all of the New York Reform Party nominees for New York county, city and town offices this year are also Republican nominees.
David, the New York Independence Party was created in 1994. It is still a ballot-qualified party. In 1995, when Ross Perot created the Reform Party, the New York Independence Party became the New York branch of the Reform Party, as you said. The New York Independence Party withdrew from the Reform Party in 2000 and ever since has not been affiliated with any nationally organized party.
There was an attempt to create a national Independence Party, encompassing Independence Parties in New York, Minnesota, Florida, and South Carolina, as well as the Reform Party of Pennsylvania and the Independent Green Party of Virginia. The national party was never very well organized, however, and has gone defunct.