Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access news for this post.
It has been over five months since the New York's November 2014 election, when the Women’s Equality Party became ballot-qualified by polling over 50,000 votes for Andrew Cuomo for Governor. The party still has no officers and no bylaws.
A source close to the Women's Equality Party said the organization was "working on" setting up bylaws and a leadership structure, and will have a committee organization, but did not offer a timeline.
In November, Cuomo campaign spokesman at that time, Matt Wing, said the party would “now be focused on acting as a women's advocacy party: it will launch new initiatives to register and enroll new women voters and engage them more actively in the political process. The party will also act as an advocate for initiatives, programs and legislation that advances their cause."
New York law says when a group polls enough votes to become a qualified party, in its first year, the party’s statewide candidates run the party. Cuomo and Hochul were the party’s only statewide candidates in Nov. 2014.
In 2015 there will be a closed primary for registered members, to choose party nominees and also party officers. The petitions to get on the primary ballot for this party should be very easy because it has such a tiny number of registered voters.
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