Evan Falchuk has organized the United Independent Party as a party for Massachusetts only, and he will be that party’s gubernatorial nominee next year. The Sun Chronicle, daily newspaper for Attleboro, has this story about him and the new party.
Salon has this article about Ranked-Choice voting, written by Krist Novoselic. The focus of the article is this year’s New York city elections. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
Lynne Serpe, Green Party nominee for New York city council, 22nd district, in the November 5, 2013 election, has qualified for $50,000 in public funding for her campaign. See this story from her web page.
Other candidates in the same race are Democrat Costa Constantinides, Republican Daniel Peterson, and independent candidate Danielle DeStefano. The district is in western Queens, and is centered on Astoria.
Serpe’s campaign is so active, someone went to the trouble of investigating her, and found out that she owns a small house in New Orleans and that she had registered in New Orleans some time ago to get a tax break, on the grounds that the New Orleans house is her primary residence. She no longer lives there and she has now changed her tax status in New Orleans. Thanks to Michael for this news.
Fifteen candidates will appear on the November 5, 2013 ballot for Mayor of New York city. They are: Bill de Blasio, Democratic-Working Families; Joe Lhota, Republican-Conservative-Students First; Adolfo Carrion, Independence; Anthony Gronowicz, Green; Michael Sanchez, Libertarian; Dan Fein, Socialist Workers; Carl Person, Reform; Randy Credico, Tax Wall Street; Michael Dilger, Flourish Every Person; Jimmy McMillan, Rent is 2 Damn High; Joe Melaragno, Affordable Tomorrow; Jack Hidary, Jobs & Education; Mike Greys, Freedom; Erick Salgado, School Choice; Sam Sloan, War Veterans.
This is the highest number of candidates for New York city in a general election in the history of government-printed ballots.
The New York Liberal Party was founded in 1944, but it went off the ballot in 2002. It hadn’t quite ceased to exist, however, and in 2013 petitioned for a place on the New York city general mayoral election. However, its nominee for Mayor, John Catsimatidis, has withdrawn. Catsimatidis had also run in the Republican primary and had lost, although he would have been free to continue to be on the Liberal Party line in November if he had wanted. See this story.
After Catsimatidis withdrew, the Liberal Party considered replacing him with Jack Hidary, but in the end decided to have no nominee. See this story.
