The legislation marks a major change to state election law that will enable Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, to untether herself from a running mate currently under federal indictment.
, the options for removing a candidate from the ballot after receiving a designation were limited. The person could be nominated for a different party position, or alternatively would need to move out of state or die before the ballots are printed., any candidate can file paperwork to decline their ballot position if the individual faces state or federal misdemeanor or felony charges, or is convicted of a crime.
While it passed both chambers, a handful of Democrats joined Republican lawmakers in opposing the legislation, citing how it was crafted to explicitly address the current legal problems confronting Benjamin and the political ones facing Hochul. From there, Lanza and others pivoted to lobbing political attacks against Hochul more broadly, from her support for specific Covid mitigation policies to her proposed changes to the state’s bail reform policies.
“It’s not that complicated,” Krueger said. She added, “there's no conspiracy here, either to cause what happened to happen, or certainly not to try to offer a resolution to a problem we find ourselves in. It's a very short, very clear cut bill.”
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