New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is petitioning for himself as the “Jobs and Education Party” candidate. As this column by Elizabeth Benjamin in the Daily News explains, once a candidate is the nominee of two qualified parties, any independent petition for that same candidate does not create a separate line on the ballot. Instead, the slogan of that independent petition is attached to one of the major parties that has nominated that person.

So, assuming the “Jobs and Education Party” qualifies for the November ballot, it won’t have a separate line. Instead Bloomberg will decide whether to attach that label to the Republican Party label, or the Independence Party label, as the Benjamin column explains. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.

On July 13, Washington, D.C. City Councilmember Mary Cheh eliminated a provision from her Omnibus Election Reform Act, bill number 18-345. She eliminated adding candidate filing fees to the election law.

The hearing on the bill, also on July 13, will include witnesses who will ask that the bill also be amended to ease the petitioning requirements for minor party and independent candidates for president.

The Post-Standard, daily newspaper of Syracuse, New York, has this good-natured and clear explanation of the details of petitioning in New York state. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.