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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGovernor Cuomo Goes After the Working Families Party
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/governor-cuomo-goes-after-working-families-partyThe last few weeks have seen an amazing move by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. In response to a prominent set of arrests of high-ranking Democrats and Republicans, the Governor has proposed a series of proposals to strengthen the power of District Attorneys to investigate corruption. Okay, that seems like a reasonable enough response.
But the Governor has also proposed another response to the corruption scandal. He has proposed banning the Working Families Party. I know, he cant ban a political party. But he has proposed to eliminate fusion voting. He calls it cross-endorsement, but fusion is the historical term. More on fusion below, but lets stay in the news cycle for another moment.
The Governors stated reason for banning fusion is silly. But his real, unstated reason is not. Lets take them in turn.
Three weeks ago, State Senator Malcolm Smith was arrested for allegedly trying to bribe his way into the Republican Primary for Mayor, despite being a registered Democrat. The Governor seized on this and said to the New York Post, In an ideal world, there would be no cross-endorsements. In other words, because Smith attempted to bribe his way to a cross-endorsement, we ought to ban cross-endorsements. By this logic, as one Working Families Party leader said on television recently, if Malcolm Smith had tried to bribe someone to get his kid a job, would we then pass a law to ban jobs?
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Governor Cuomo Goes After the Working Families Party (Original Post)
xchrom
Apr 2013
OP
This article could have argued he was "banning the Conservative Party" as well.
brooklynite
Apr 2013
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brooklynite
(94,608 posts)1. This article could have argued he was "banning the Conservative Party" as well.
Nothing sacred about fusion voting.
Add to that, WFP came about only because of the corruption of Raymond Harding's "Liberal Party", which helped to elect Rudy Giuliani.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. i'm looking for NYers to fill in the blanks. nt
Laelth
(32,017 posts)3. k&r for fusion voting. n/t
-Laelth