On April 24, 2008, I went to the Court of Appeals in Albany, New York, the highest Court in New York, to hear our lawyers auguments for Local Control.
The Court heard the case for Local Control for the Independence Party and Working Families Party of New York.
The State Executive Committees' of each party are trying to control who can put candidate names on the ballot of local counties. In New York, if a person of a different party wants to run on the Minor Party line, they have to get the parties' Certificate of Authorization (Wilson-Pakula). The State Executive Committee is trying to take away Independence Party's New York City's County Committes's ability to make their selections. For the Working Families Party, their State Executive Committee is trying to take away Suffolk's ability. But the State's Election Law gives that right to the County Committee. The debate is, does the Parties Rules or State Election Rules apply. The Court usally takes six weeks to write an opinion.
Michael H. Drucker
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