Comments on: Interesting New York Ballot Access Decision http://www.ballot-access.org/2005/08/26/interesting-new-york-ballot-access-decision/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=5950 By: Joseph McNiesh http://www.ballot-access.org/2005/08/26/interesting-new-york-ballot-access-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Joseph McNiesh Mon, 05 Sep 2005 01:56:28 +0000 http://ballot-access.org/2005/08/26/interesting-new-york-ballot-access-decision/#comment-949 You did not mention that an investment banker named Shaw tried to get the 7500 signatures for the Republican Primary. He only got a few thousand. He tried to give them to Ognibene, but it was too late, since he had to get the petitioners, the people who actually collected them, to OK their sheets. If it were up to me, I would make it a $500 filing fee or 500 signatures for any NY Citywide office, and $1000 or 1000 signatures for any NY Statewide office. You did not mention that an investment banker named Shaw tried to get the 7500 signatures for the Republican Primary. He only got a few thousand. He tried to give them to Ognibene, but it was too late, since he had to get the petitioners, the people who actually collected them, to OK their sheets. If it were up to me, I would make it a $500 filing fee or 500 signatures for any NY Citywide office, and $1000 or 1000 signatures for any NY Statewide office.

]]> By: Howard Hirsch http://www.ballot-access.org/2005/08/26/interesting-new-york-ballot-access-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-948 Howard Hirsch Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:26:44 +0000 http://ballot-access.org/2005/08/26/interesting-new-york-ballot-access-decision/#comment-948 A little late for Oggie to whine, no? Here's a guy who came up through the hardball ranks to become city council minority leader. He knew everything about NY's arcane ballot access rules (and probably was party on the other side in trying to disqualify opponents). While I think NY's almost religious practice regarding ballot access (colored paper, restrictive witness rules, initialing errors and corners of blank remainder of incomplete pages, etc.) is utterly ridiculous, in this case Oggie clearly didn't have enough good signatures and he knew it. The Bloomberg people were right to pursue their case against him. A little late for Oggie to whine, no? Here’s a guy who came up through the hardball ranks to become city council minority leader. He knew everything about NY’s arcane ballot access rules (and probably was party on the other side in trying to disqualify opponents).

While I think NY’s almost religious practice regarding ballot access (colored paper, restrictive witness rules, initialing errors and corners of blank remainder of incomplete pages, etc.) is utterly ridiculous, in this case Oggie clearly didn’t have enough good signatures and he knew it. The Bloomberg people were right to pursue their case against him.

]]> By: Oldsouthwest http://www.ballot-access.org/2005/08/26/interesting-new-york-ballot-access-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Oldsouthwest Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:21:52 +0000 http://ballot-access.org/2005/08/26/interesting-new-york-ballot-access-decision/#comment-945 ok ok ok ok

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