Unite NY in the News: Group pushing for open primaries takes fight to court after NYC rejects petitions
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Gothamist wrote about Unite NY's efforts to bring open primaries to New York City.
A group hoping to bring open primaries to New York City is taking the city clerk and the city's Board of Elections to court after they thwarted the group’s effort to bring the issue to voters. In court papers filed Tuesday, United NY, a nonpartisan advocacy group focused on election reforms, claims it filed more than enough valid signatures. But the city clerk invalidated the group’s petitions based on a review conducted by the Board of Elections.
The group’s executive director slammed the city, saying it is acting on behalf of partisan interests.
"This is by-the-book establishment politics, and we expected it,” said Anthony Thomas, Unite NY’s executive director. “The Board of Elections’ job is to favor political parties, not the overwhelming number of voters who support open primaries, or the 1.1 million independents shut out of the system.”
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