From City Hall:Apparently, even a former commissioner of the Board of Elections and one-time hopeful for the executive director job can make mistakes on his elections paperwork.
That is what Anthony Como, the Republican running against State Sen. Joe Addabbo discovered some time late Tuesday, hours after submitting 4,900 petition signatures to create a third party line for his candidacy.
The problem was that Como filed the petitions for the wrong election.
At 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Como submitted petitions for the “Tax Cuts Now” line that were designated for the Sept. 14 primary, not the Nov. 2 general election, when he will face Addabbo. As a result, the Board has taken initial actions to invalidate Como’s signatures, according to Steve Richman, its general counsel. The 10-member Board as a whole will now get the case.
Como already lost out on the Independence Party line after a dispute over his campaign’s use of signature gatherers from the party’s rival New York City faction. The “Tax Cuts Now” line was conceived of as a replacement.
Instead, it seems it will be the party line itself which may be cut now.
From the Queens Courier:
Addabbo questioned whether all of the petition signers were legit saying he has heard stories of confusion.
“A number of people I spoke to said they were approached to sign petitions for Como and some of them thought it was for Andrew Cuomo, and they didn’t know what they were signing,” Addabbo said.
[Where did I hear this before? Oh yeah...]
Meanwhile, Addabbo is still dealing with his own ballot issue, whether or not to appeal the court’s decision to boot him from the Working Families Party Line.
“I normally like to exhaust all legal remedies before closing a case or a matter,” Addabbo said.
3 comments:
The appellate division ruled yesterday that Addabbo was off the Working Parties line.
How dumb can people be? Who would sign something if they're confused?
Addabbo and Como. This is the best we can do???
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