Comments on: Democratic chairman says he’ll fight to get candidates back on ballot

By: the consultant

the consultant — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:12:40 +0000

my opinion is that a technical violation cannot be
cured by the board it has to be cured if at all
in a court..but given the nature of this particular
violation I doubt very seriously that any court would
throw out the petitions of any party committee

By: Jennifer Walford

Jennifer Walford — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:29:02 +0000

I’m running for County Government and I have found there is very little guidance in developing petitions. Candidates have to design her/his own based on a complicated template. In my opinion the current candidate system is set up for such errors and leads to great politicans being thrown out of elections. I think the Attorney General needs to be consulted.

By: The Real Hmmmmm!!

The Real Hmmmmm!! — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:06:33 +0000

@ Consultant – Please explain your explanation above. I would like to know more & are you an election attorney? Are you confident that they will be on the line and will you be saying that on your show

By: THE CONSULTANT

THE CONSULTANT — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:47:20 +0000

this country was also founded on fundamental fairness
and courts of equity…the election law in this state
has always been arcain..you cannot disenfranchise
that many people because of a misdesignation on
a petition which is easily corrected..this is not
about embarassing the democrats…this is about
allowing the system to function properly ..a higher
court will order a correction to the petitions
but the board could not do that at that level

By: clarification

clarification — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:40:34 +0000

This country was founded on the bedrock of agreed upon and accepted law. Follow it.

By: MVResident

MVResident — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:38:56 +0000

A technicality is what attorneys used to challenge a candidate’s petition. It is part of the democratic process and in Election Law. Someone needs classes….in Election Law. All the attorneys need to go back to school, Devereaux – the Party Chair, Lyndon – the County Legislator and Helen – the appointed judge. Wow..the incompetence in this town.

By: The Real Hmmmmm!!

The Real Hmmmmm!! — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:38:12 +0000

Reginald Lafayette is the current number two in command of the Mount Vernon Democratic Party. So is he saying that he missed this on the petition or he just did not say anything? Now that’s a real Hmmmm! I’m sure the courts will want to hear all the details Reggie

By: Westchester Voter

Westchester Voter — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:33:08 +0000

I agree with the Mount Vernon Democratic Chairman. The almost 30,000 registered voters should be able to vote for candidates that obtained the minimum amount of legitimate registered Mount Vernon Democratic signatures. How can you say to 3,000 people democrats…”screw you”??? That goes against the basic fundamental principles that this country was founded on.

By: clarification

clarification — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:18:36 +0000

Cannick states: “All voters…should be appalled that a technicality would attempt to be used to deny voters the candidates of their choice.” Rather, they should be appalled at the ignorance of the City Committee in not knowing how to legally and properly submit petitions. To add insult to injury, he gratuitously throws in Obama’s name to no purpose other than to solicit sympathy for his sophomoric oversight.

By: Hmmmm....

Hmmmm.... — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:12:12 +0000

The Mt. Venon City Committee are all a bunch of know it all idiots! How come you did not know about the unexpired term? The Republicans, Independents, and Conservatives got it right! Why not the Democrats? The Technicality lies among the Mt. Vernon City Committee.