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The intense mobilization by
volunteers across the state to collect the massive number of
signatures demanded by New York State shows the powerful hunger for a
real choice at the ballot box. We’re inspired by everyone who stood up
in the current environment of repression and fear to fight for a
better way forward for New York, the United States, and the
world.
Now we are waiting for the final review from the NYS
Board of Elections - stay tuned for updates.
Our supporters answered the call to
get tens of thousands of signatures in just a few weeks, in what we
believe is the hardest place to get on the ballot in the so-called
free world. Outrageously, after taking control of NY state government,
the Democratic Party took advantage of the must-pass Covid relief
budget bill to quietly triple the number of signatures we need to
collect - right in the middle of a global pandemic, without public
attention or discussion. This despicable maneuver shows that while the
Democrats preach about ‘saving democracy’ they’ll stop at nothing to
remove grassroots choices from your ballot. Their constant scheming to
prevent their competitors from even running makes a mockery of
democracy and amounts to the ruling elites using state power for
political repression.
The Democrats have already
broadcast that they are employing every dirty tactic you can imagine
to try to keep other choices off voters’ ballots. Given this
oppressive political environment, we are
making sure to keep legal options on the table to ensure that New York
voters have the choice they deserve.
Through all this repression, our
volunteers stepped up with a heroic effort to give New Yorkers a
choice to vote for an end to endless war and genocide, an
economy that works for working people, and a livable future for our
children.
If you believe, like I do, that it
is imperative that we continue to fight for ballot access across this
country, despite the enormous lift in states like New York, so that
every single voter in this country has an alternative to the parties
of war and Wall Street, please pitch in today:
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