New Yorkers will go to the polls four times between now and November thanks to the insanity of the election calendar and petty, political maneuvering by state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his Republicans.
April: Presidential primary.
June: Primaries for Congress.
September: Primaries for State Legislature.
November: General Election.
Cost: $200 million.
Gov. Cuomo and Assembly Democrats agreed to move the September primaries to June and combine them with congressional races. That would have saved $50 million, but Skelos claimed the early primary would distract lawmakers from Albany duty.
He thinks a fall primary is better for the Senate GOP, so who cares about taxpayers and voters?
Use the above link to read Assembly Bill A09271 that was passed by the Assembly but rejected by the Senate.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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2 comments:
shouldn't your title say "3 primaries"?
Yes. there also is Special Elections in March.
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