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Posted by Richard Sedlisky on April 19, 2005, 12:49 am New York is the only state of the 50 that allows a candidate to run for election on more than one party's line. From the minority party view, we can look at this in two ways. If the Democrats who want a one party state and the Republicans who find Conservatives to be an annoyance, the elimination of multi-party candidacies could reinfore the two-party system in New York. This is one of the few points where New York Repbublicans and Democrats agee. However, both major parties are aware of the fact that many in New York are not alligned with either of the majors. Such a change in New York law could bring about the change that will make the minority parties look at each other more closely and find where they agree, where their collective strenghts lie and perhaps where they can form alliances when they see it fit to do so. As the Republicans are annoyed with the Conservative Party's muscle flexing, the Demcorats are becoming concerned by their Working Families Party subsidiary's new found independence. The WFP is beginning to buck their reason for being. Should the majors prevail in their desire to eliminate cross-party candidate endorsement, how will the minors respond? What do you think? Richard Sedlisky
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It was reported today that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (Democrat) is prepared to support the elimination of the minority parties' right to allow a majority party candidate run for office on a minority party line.
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