Maury Thompson's blog reports that Libertarian Eric Sundwall has stopped the costly legal efforts to be allowed to participate in the 'democratic' process.
"Instead of campaigning, we have been forced to have Eric Sundwall spend time and money in court," campaign manager Richard Cooper said in a statement issued this afternoon.
The challenges were initiated by two leading members of the Conservative Party, which endorsed Tedisco. As reported earlier, the lawyer representing the Conservatives had close ties to state Senate Republicans.
If you wish to express your outrage, you can do so in the comments field of this blog and/or by sharing your thoughts on this kidnapping of democracy with the New York State Conservative Party (cpnys@nycap.rr.com) and/or with their endorsed Tedisco campaign ( info@JimTedisco.com).
I’ve lived in Africa. And this is exactly the sort of pseudo-legal thuggery that African autocrats used to silence their political opponents. This is the model used by Don Neddo and his Comrades.
Though if you're so infuriated with the anti-freedom brigade that you refuse to be disenfrachised, write-in candidate Tony Cerro did point to this helpful guide about how to write in a candidate's name.
3 comments:
Tedisco is a creep, Murphy and the Democratic campaign have sent a nasty flyer to my house every day for the last 10 to try and get me to vote for them. I had planned on voting for Sundwall, and maybe I still will - write in anyone?
If you want to write in, then make sure to check the procedure I linked to and maybe print it out. I tried writing in once and it was not evident so I gave up (unopposed race so no big deal). Either that or make sure to ask an election inspector when you get to the polls. They're supposed to be able to help.
The arcane, outdated, and outrageous New York Election Laws have to change.
Under the current laws, third party and independent candidates for public office have to bear a far greater burden than do the candidates of the two major parties in attaining ballot access.
Year after year, cycle after cycle, the voters are denied the opportunity to vote for some of the best candidates because they are not members of the two major parties in New York.
These types of “laws” are common in third world nations where candidate suppression runs parallel to voter suppression. But in New York? Why?
Example: Running for Congress - Major party candidates have to gather 1,250 signatures from their party members. Third party or Independent candidates have to get 3,500 and most often they are challenged and thrown out.
I was one of the fortunate independents who made it onto the ballot in 2004 after my party petitions for the Democratic party were challenged. I know the system is rigged and so does everyone who runs, everyone who challenges, and everyone who throws candidates off the ballot.
Eric Sundwall submitted over 7,000 signatures to be on the ballot in the upcoming Special Election on March 31st . Using arcane and little know regulations the powers that be were able to squeeze out over 4,000 of those signatures.
How outrageous is it to tell over 4,000 people that their signature don’t count and they stand for nothing?
The Assembly and Senate must review and reform these laws that, in fact, work against the good of the people of our state.
Morris Guller
Lexington, New York
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