If I run her as a Democrat the subscribing witness rule will not be a
problem as almost all registered voters in New York City are registered
Democrats.
The problem is registering Republicans as registered Republicans in New
York City are as rare as chicken's teeth, I think is the right expression.
Had I known about the subscribing witness rule I could have just had all my
witnesses change their registrations to Republican.
I do not think there is a waiting period on the subscribing witness rule
such as you have to wait an election period before the registration for the
purpose of being a witness takes effect.
If I run her as a Democrat the subscribing witness rule will not be a problem as almost all registered voters in New York City are registered Democrats.
The problem is registering Republicans as registered Republicans in New York City are as rare as chicken's teeth, I think is the right expression. Had I known about the subscribing witness rule I could have just had all my witnesses change their registrations to Republican.
I do not think there is a waiting period on the subscribing witness rule such as you have to wait an election period before the registration for the purpose of being a witness takes effect.
Sam Sloan
A person can run for congress in any district in her state of residence. If you run Lewinsky in a Democrat primary in New York, choose a congressional district where you can most easily satisfy the signature requirement of 5% of the enrolled Democrats or 1,250, whichever is less. The signatories have to be enrolled Democrats, and of course, as Sam knows all too well, the witnesses must be enrolled Democrats or Notaries or, in New York City, Commissioners of Deeds.
I've noticed a gap in math skills...
< -- The message is truncated. -- >
--- Sent with mail@metro, Real Life Real Time Mobile ---
The problem is finding enough Registered Republicans to carry petitions to
get somebody on the ballot. It is hard enough to find anybody willing to do
this job. Finding sufficient Republicans in New York is just about
impossible.
The problem is the "Subscribing Witness Rule" in New York which says that
when petitioning for a Republican candidate, the person who carries the
petition must be a registered Republican too. The rule is ridiculous. It is
like saying that anybody petitioning for Gay Rights must be gay too. I have
cases in the United States District Court and the United States Court of
Appeals trying to overturn this rule. Sloan vs. Szalkiewicz, Caruso and
Board of Elections in the City of New York, 13 CIV 6104 and 13-3328 If
these court cases fail I will have to find some other way to collect
signatures.