A Staten Island City Councilmember introduced legislation Thursday that would see political parties rendered irrelevant in the five borough’s municipal elections.
Under the legislation introduced by South Shore Republican Frank Morano, candidates for office like mayor, public advocate, borough president and City Council would appear on ballots without their political parties listed. Municipal elections would also be conducted entirely on a ranked-choice basis similar to how primary and special elections are currently held.
“New York City is one of the most diverse cities in the world, yet we run our elections under a structure designed for a very different era,” Morano said. “Right now, a small slice of partisan primary voters effectively decide most offices, while independents and unaffiliated New Yorkers are shut out. That doesn’t strengthen democracy – it narrows it.” More here.
Translation: "I don't want to display that I'm on the same side as Trump."
I want to eat my cake, and then I want to have it too.
MAGA Republicans so fucking desperate they want to make it illegal for voters to know what party platform they're running on.
It's more than that.
People may not know it but both republican and democrat political machines in all five boroughs have huge influence over who ends up on ballots.
Parties do tend to care about who is the candidate to represent the party platform, yes. But that's why we have primaries.
Oh so this is just a way to sneak more Republicans into NY offices then.
A Staten Island City Councilmember introduced legislation Thursday that would see political parties rendered irrelevant in the five borough’s municipal elections.
Under the legislation introduced by South Shore Republican Frank Morano, candidates for office like mayor, public advocate, borough president and City Council would appear on ballots without their political parties listed. Municipal elections would also be conducted entirely on a ranked-choice basis similar to how primary and special elections are currently held.
“New York City is one of the most diverse cities in the world, yet we run our elections under a structure designed for a very different era,” Morano said. “Right now, a small slice of partisan primary voters effectively decide most offices, while independents and unaffiliated New Yorkers are shut out. That doesn’t strengthen democracy – it narrows it.” More here.
Ok. Then how about extending this rationale to the entire country?
They do that in Boston and I think that's a better system.
It prevents a candidate who lost the primary from coming back as an independent. Ahem Cuomo. Ahem.
Sneaky underhanded MAGAt. Really desperate to fleece the snoozing sheeple.