Politics on the Hudson

Four candidates for city council in Mount Vernon who were endorsed by the Democratic City Committee have been all been kicked off the primary ballot. Eileen Justino, Jennifer “Anne” Sampson, Debra Stern and Collie Nathan Edwers were dropped from the ballot because of a mistake in the party’s petition.

The Westchester County Board of Elections ruled that the party violated election law because it failed to specify that one of the candidates was running for an unexpired term, so it appears on the petition as though all four are running for full terms. There are only three full-term seats open on the council, so that’s considered an over designation.

To read the ruling from the Board of Elections commissioners, click here: mvruling