With New York’s Hectic Petitioning Season in Overdrive, is There a Better Way to Get on the Ballot?
Jeanmarie Evelly, City Limits, June 8, 2022
Independent candidates seeking a statewide office like governor must now collect at least 45,000 signatures to qualify, up from 15,000 before the 2019 rule change. Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates, meanwhile, still only need to meet the 15,000-signature threshold—what Green Party candidate Gloria Mattera called an “undemocratic” and “two-tiered” system.
“Suppressing smaller parties, and choices, is a form of voter suppression,” said Mattera, who is running for lieutenant governor alongside Howie Hawkins, who’s running for governor. The Green and Libertarian parties have filed a joint lawsuit seeking to reverse the 2019 ballot access changes.
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Read moreGloria Mattera is the Green Party Nominee for Lieutenant Governor
Hudson Mohawk Magazine, WOOC 105.3 FM, Troy, NY, June 1, 2022
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Hawkins runs for NY governor for a fourth time
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Read moreGreen Party Nominates Hawkins For Governor And Mattera For Lt. Governor
Audio: Hudson Mohawk Magazine, WOOC 105.3 FM, April 27, 2022
The Green Party is running Howie Hawkins for Governor and Gloria Mattera for Lt. Governor. They discuss their campaign and its call for a Green New Deal, single-payer heath care, anti-poverty initiatives and grassroots democracy. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.