Wife Tries To Abort And Poison Husband's Lovechild
Man Injured By Tree Limb Files Suit Against City
Charles Barron Will Run For Council Speaker
Giuliani Takes Job As Security Consultant For Rio Olympics
Alleged Tiger Mistress Is Unrecognizable To Dead Fiancee's Dad
Yesterday, it was revealed that City Councilman Bill De Blasio was kicked off the ballot for the Public Advocate primary. Why? The Daily Politics' Elizabeth Benjamin, which calls the city's petition rules "infamously archaic and exacting," explains, "One false move - a misplaced numeral or missing period - and you're dead, which is why campaigns spend so much money on election attorneys. In this case, the problem was that de Blasio's cover sheet claimed there were 131 volumes of petitions, when in reality there were 132. This may seem trivial, but it was sufficient grounds for the rejection of all the Brooklyn Democrat's 125,000+ signatures." De Blasio's campaign believes that the issue can be resolved with the Board of Elections, and all three of his Democratic opponents told PolitickerNY that he should be on the ballot: Norman Siegel said, "Technicalities should not prevent a candidate from being on the ballot," and Mark Green chimed in with, "This super-technical violation shouldn't keep him off the ballot - but should lead to reforming ballot access laws," and Gioia said, "If he met all the requirements he should be put back on the ballot. Regardless, our campaign will continue to move ahead at full speed no matter what the courts decide." Photo: thepodger on Flickr
De Blasio Off Public Advocate Ballot, Due To Petition Oops
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebookComments (3) [rss]
Post a comment (Comment Policy)
Tips
Newsmap
Contribute
Latest Tip:
It's the same media that NEVER mentioned Muslims' hatred of Israel as a possible motive for 9/11.
[more]
"which is why campaigns spend so much money on election attorneys." Hmmm? I wonder who wrote the rules.
So who ratted out diBlasio's mistake to the Board of Elections?
It is usually one of the opposing candidates. They all claim innoncence. The Board itself rarely does the accounting work, since the Board is overworked and there are too many candidates to scrutinize carefully each volume of petitions from a myriad of candidates.
Bill De Blasio is useless. He made his name working for Clinton and getting a mention on NBC's the West Wing ( post it note in the background, a perfect place for him, the background). But, he's been confused about who to represent and his staff is beyond useless. If you write his office for the most basic of information they never return your call unless there is the treat of it becoming newsworthy. I really used to like the guy and had high hopes but he just makes so many bad calls, he is just not qualified to be anything more than a wonk for a talking head politico.