This September 20, 2023 press release from New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s office touting her signature on several bills regarding the people’s voting rights certainly is rich.
In 2020, the New York legislature and Governor passed legislation that tripled the number of signatures (15,000 to 45,000) for minor party statewide candidates to qualify for the General Election ballot without increasing the six week period allowed for gathering the signatures. Additionally, if candidates can actually now make the ballot, the legislation more than doubled the number of votes necessary to remain on the ballot and changed that vote test so that it applied to Governor and President every two years, instead of only Governor every four years.
If the New York General Assembly really wanted to do something for the voters of their state, restoring ballot access laws to what they were before the 2020 laws should be at the top of their list.
“Governor Kathy Hochul today signed a legislative package to strengthen democracy and protect voting rights in New York State. This legislative package builds upon New York State’s ongoing efforts to improve and protect access to the ballot box for all New Yorkers, including last year’s enactment of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York, the most expansive state level voting rights act in the country.”
What is the benefit of “the most expansive state level voting rights act in the country”, whatever that means, if the voter actually has fewer choices?
As I have said before, voter suppression begins before the ballots are even printed.
When demon rats say voter suppression, they mean vote fraud suppression.
In fact, no one else besides the Republican qualified to challenge her in 2022!
SOMEHOW = INTENTIONALLY
NY COMMIE SPEAK
Tripling the petition signature requirement from 15,000 to 45,000, but keeping the petition circulating period at 6 weeks is insanely unreasonable.
They should have at least tripled the petition circulation period to 18 weeks if they were going to triple the number of signatures needed.
45,000 valid petition signatures in 6 weeks is too difficult of a burden for minor party and independent candidates.
Really, if they are going to require that many signatures they really ought to allow 6 months or a year to gather them.
MUST KNOW MARX, ENGELS, LENIN, STALIN, MAO TO BE A DONKEY CANDIDATE IN NY ???
IE HOW TO LIE / CHEAT / PURGE / ETC. ???
Is fascist a prohibited word in NY? It is certainly practiced there.
Demon rats are commie fascist in all states.
GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS LAW!
“MUST KNOW MARX, ENGELS, LENIN, STALIN, MAO TO BE A DONKEY CANDIDATE IN NY ???”
Just Alinsky.