NY 2024 Presidential Ballot

New York's April 2nd, Presidential Primary Ballot takes shape.

Democratic hopefuls are required to Submit 15,000 Petitions to the State Board of Elections to get on the Ballot. Three did: President Joe Biden, Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, and Guru Marianne Williamson.

Republicans have a few paths to Ballot Access:

- A Candidate who collects Petitions was required to submit them by last week, though Nobody did, this time around.

- A Candidates can argue they have a “nationally known and recognized” Campaign, can simply Submit a Certificate to the Elections Board.

Four have: Trump, former NJ Governor Chris Christie, former SC Governor and UN Ambasidor Nikki Haley, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.

The Ballots aren’t quite Final yet. Democrats can have their Petitions Challenged. Republicans can get their Names Off the Ballot, if they send a Request to the Board in the next Two weeks. It’s a safe bet Christie and Ramaswamy will soon receive calls reminding them of this Deadline.

While Republicans won’t choose their Delegates until they hold Regional Meetings after the Primary, Democratic plan is a little different, and Biden has already Submitted his.

They include a Mix of Elected Officials Present, Past, and maybe Future, including Westchester County Executive George Latimer and former Rep. Mondaire Jones, Union Leaders such as the State AFL-CIO’s Mario Cilento and NYSUT’s Melinda Person, and Party Heads.

But One Key Selection isn’t yet known. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver took over the Job of announcing New York’s Vote Count to the Nation from ex-Lt. Gov. Stan Lundine during the 1996 DNC. Silver’s enthused Monotone took Center Stage at Conventions for nearly Two Decades.

Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo took on this Ceremonial Role after Silver’s Corruption Conviction. But it’s a safe bet that Cuomo won’t be asked to return to this year. So who should be the New national Face of New York Democrats?

“Andrea is a historic figure,” State Sen. Jamaal Bailey, a Biden Delegate, said in Reference to Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. “Making me choose between Andrea and [Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie] is very difficult. So I’m just going to say either of our legislative leaders would be great; so would the governor.”

“I think Hakeem Jeffries (D), House Minority Leader” said State Senator and Delegate Roxanne Persaud. “He has reinvigorated our delegation and our party.”

Or maybe it’ll be a Surprise until Closer to the DNC Convention in Chicago in Mid-August.









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