On September 15, the New York State Board of Elections removed two independent presidential candidates from the ballot. They removed Rocky De La Fuente because they believe his petition was filed one day too late. They removed Lynn Kahn because her petition was far from having 15,000 raw signatures. Neither candidate had been challenged. But in New York, the State Board of Elections removes candidates if it is obvious that they don’t meet the requirements, even if no challenge is filed.
The Board also determined that the Women’s Equality Party presidential nominee is Hillary Clinton, not Lynn Kahn. Two factions of the party had submitted different presidential nominees.
New York will only have four presidential candidates for President on its ballot. This is the fewest number of presidential candidates in the general election in New York since 1964, when there were also just four.
I expect at least de la Fuente will challenge that.
The NYSBOE site doesn’t show a party name for de la Fuente. I wonder why.
Doesn’t NYS still forbid using “American” in party names? RDLF’s party name is “American Delta”. So.
Technically, the New York law only forbids qualified parties from having “American” in their name. There is no prohibition for labels for candidates who use the independent petition procedure.
This commission is a disgusting “nonpartisan” disgrace to New York and to the United States of America and to the American voters!
Anthony De Ribas, D.D.
Former CT. Reform Party Candidate