Useful Summary of New York Petitioning Rules

July 12th, 2009

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.

5 Responses to “Useful Summary of New York Petitioning Rules”

  1. Mike Drucker Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 7:21 am

    No. 9 in the article has a wrong date. June 9th is the start date for petitioning.

  2. John Williams Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 9:30 am

    I would like to know if designated petitions are invalid if signed with blue ink as well as on blue sheets as opposed to green?

    Thanks

    John

  3. Mike Drucker Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    I have been told many times to use black ink on my Independence Party petitions. The petition is on white paper with black ink.

  4. NYer Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    There are many errors. It says you must be a city resident to carry a petition when you can be from anywhere in the state. It also says you can only use petition forms from the Board of Elections and they must be identical, which is not true. They can differ in certain details.

    Ink and paper color doesn’t matter – it used to but not since the early 90′s – assuming it’s legible of course.

  5. NYer Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 11:10 pm

    Sorry, forget that first paragraph. Meant that for the other article.