Petitioning for NYC Mayoral Candidate Adolfo Carrion Jr.

Petitioning training at Carrion Headquarters
Adolfo Carrion Jr., the former New York City Council member,Bronx Borough President, and former Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs, is running for Mayor of New York City as an independent.

Last Monday, volunteers began to petition to place his name on the New York City Independence Party line for the November election. Mr. Carrion has a deep commitment to urban development and his decision to run as an independent grew out of his recognition that the partisan orthodoxy in New York City was impeding much needed innovation and out-of-the-box thinking about poverty, job creation, and education reform.

I started collecting petition signatures on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013. I usually collect petition signatures on the mid and upper East Side of Manhattan. This year I am doing it be zip code. I have to collect around 100 signatures. In New York, I can only collect the signatures after my caller gets the OK from the signer. So each night during the week, from around 6pm to 9pm, I am running around that nights zip code collecting as many as I can get too. In the last couple of nights, I could have used a rowboat.

CLICK HERE for his website to get more information about the candidate.










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Michael H. Drucker
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NYC Independence Party Qualify County Comittees

The New York City Independence Party Organizations just finished the 2012 ballot access drive and it was a smashing success, with 3,258 County Committee members qualified throughout the five boroughs.

People often ask, "Why do you put yourselves through this petition drive every two years? Why endure the heat waves, barking dogs, and six story walkups?"

We do it because independents are the fastest growing segment of voters in New York City (and nationally) and we need a voice. We don't like partisan politics as usual. We want progress and innovation. And having county committees in all five boroughs gives us a seat at the table when it comes to shaping the direction of New York City politics and policy.

So thank you to everyone who signed a petition when we came to your door, who volunteered as a driver, phone caller or petitioner, as well as the 353 people who made donations this spring to fund the drive.

As a petitioner in the 73rd AD, Eastside of Manhattan, I collected enough signatures to put 44 Independence Party members on the Manhattan County Committee.









NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!

Michael H. Drucker
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