New York state puts qualified parties on the ballot in order of how many votes they received at the last gubernatorial election. The Democratic Party will now have the top line, replacing the Republican Party. The next three lines remain unchanged: Independence, Conservative, Working Families. The three qualified minor parties polled these votes for Governor: Independence 146,456; Conservative 128,007; Working Families 126,797. It is possible that this ranking will change as the final votes are counted. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for this news.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
Thank you.
I would like to add that they needed 50,000
votes to qualify, about 1.25% out
of about 4,000,000. NY used to have 5,000,000 votes for Governor about 20 years ago.
The Green cand. only got 40,000.
Due to New Yorks’ fusion laws, there are just too many minor parties that compete for the votes. Most of these parties just nominate the candidates of the Republicans and Democrats. At last count, there were 19 minor parties in New York State. Some are more active than others of course. But they all serve to drain the votes which helps the Dems and Reps.