De Blasio Back On
July 28th, 2009
The City Board of Elections put councilmember and public advocate candidate Bill de Blasio back on the ballot this afternoon by a vote of 9 to 0 with one abstention.
De Blasio had been removed from the ballot because of a typo in his cover sheet. The councilmember’s campaign had written that it had submitted 131 volumes of petitions to the Board of Elections when it had submitted 132.
Now de Blasio can rest assured he will face off against former advocate Mark Green, civil rights attorney Norman Siegel and Councilmember Eric Gioia in this fall’s Democratic primary — with some added sympathy publicity. All of the candidates are scheduled to appear tonight at a forum sponsored by the New York Civil Liberties Union.
Elsewhere, other council members appear to be having some ballot trouble, including Alan Gerson, who was kicked off today, and Robert Jackson.
By Courtney Gross on July 28, 2009, 3:27 pmIn category: City Hall, Civil Rights, Electoral Politics, Gotham City, Governing, Law | No Comments »

