The last few days we've been following the utterly bizarre hazing ritual candidates for public office must go through in order to qualify for the New York City ballot. A few (emphasis on "few") Lo-Down readers left us comments...
The other day, we reported on the petitioning deadline for the candidates competing to represent District 1 on the New York City Council. One candidate, PJ Kim, held a brief "press conference" outside the Board of Elections office on...
Yesterday was the deadline for City Council candidates to turn in their petitions to get on the September Primary Election ballot. Each candidate is required to submit 900 signatures, but they usually turn in a lot more than that...