July 1, 2022
Covering Third Parties and Independent Candidates Since 2008
Press release from the Reform Party:
Bohemia, New York – The Reform Party of New York will field a slate of candidates for the 2016 elections. These candidates will include challengers for local, state and federal offices. Last year, in 2015 the Reform Party of New York fielded 2,000 candidates.… Read more ...
On July 30th, 2016, Richard Winger of Ballot Access News reported that the delegates at the Reform Party’s national convention in Bohemia, New York voted to postpone the selection of the party’s presidential nominee to August 8th. When asked for comment, outgoing Reform Party chairman David Collison responded with the following statement:
David Collison here, outgoing Chairman of the Reform Party National Committee. … Read more ...
According to the New York City Board of Elections, businesswoman Ivanka Trump, daughter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, won the Reform Party’s primary election for U.S. Congress in New York’s 12th Congressional District.
Trump received 2 write-in votes. … Read more ...
Martin Babinec
ATPR: MadisonCountyCourier.com reported on June 29th, 2016 that Martin Babinec secured the Reform Party ballot line for Congress in New York’s 22nd congressional district via a write-in campaign. Babinec defeated the only candidate on the ballot, Claudia Tenney (who did, however, win the GOP nomination; New York permits fusion voting); according to the New York SOS Elections website, the “Opportunity to Ballot” (the write-in option Babinec was pursuing) received 18 votes, or 78.26% of the total.… Read more ...