Reform Party of New York State
| Reform Party of New York State | |
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| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Westchester County, New York |
| Ideology | Fiscal Conservatism, Social Liberalism |
| National affiliation | none |
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The Reform Party of New York State (also known as the New York State Reform Party) is a qualified political party active only in the state of New York. It is not affiliated with the Reform Party of the United States of America.
Previous use of the name
The national Reform Party had previously been affiliated with the Independence Party of New York from 1996 to 2000, after which the Independence Party broke off from the national Reform Party, which then had no operations in the state. The National Reform Party has a a state branch in New York reorganized in 2008, and endorsed many candidates throughout New York State. Recently, the Official Reform Party endorsed and allowed Mr. Carl Person to run for mayor of the Great City of New York in 2013. Mr. Carl Persons performed all activities needed to run on a ballot line, named Reform Party, having qualified in New York City. (http://carlperson2013.nationbuilder.com/) The Official Reform Party currently does not have ballot access based upon regulations in which during the Governor Race, a Political Party must achieve 50,000 votes to obtain ballot access for a 4 year term.
The Reform Party of New York State still exists, even though Governor ballot access and is approved and endorsed to operate by the National Reform Party, and has been authorized to operate in New York State since 2008. The New York State Chair of the Official Reform Party is Bill Merrell. The Vice Chair is Leigh Pollet. Bill Merrell also serves as the National Vice Chair and Leigh Pollet serves as the National Reform Party's Treasurer.
Modern party
In 2014, Rob Astorino, the Republican Party's nominee in that year's gubernatorial election, petitioned to create the “Stop Common Core Party,” a single-issue ballot line designed to declare opposition to the Common Core State Standards Initiative. Under New York State Law, the Stop Common Core Party would qualify to automatically appear on the ballot for every election through 2018 if it received at least 50,000 votes in the gubernatorial election, a threshold it narrowly achieved despite Astorino's overall loss.
On February 17, 2015, Astorino announced he would change the name of the party to the "Reform Party" in an attempt to broaden its appeal beyond a single issue.[1]
References
- ↑ Reisman, Nick (February 17, 2015). Astorino files for Reform Party, officially. Time Warner Cable News. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
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