A judge ruled today that Jon Powers must remain on the ballot as the candidate of the Working Families Party in next week’s 26th District congressional election, dealing a major blow to Democrat Alice J. Kryzan’s hope of securing an additional line.
Acting State Supreme Court Justice Kimberly A. O’Connor in Albany ruled that Working Families’ attempt to substitute Kryzan for Powers after Powers moved out of state to Washington did not meet election law requirements.
“Powers has placed the Working Families Party in the position of having an absentee candidate on the ballot for the election that is to occur in just a few days,” O’Connor wrote. “However, upon his nomination, he accepted the nomination. He did not decline the nomination, nor were there any challenges to his nomination.
“The time for such challenges has long passed,” she added. “While Powers has chosen employment that currently has him working outside the State of New York, the law does not provide for a mechanism to have his name taken off the ballot at this late date.”
Having failed to clear his name from the ballot, Powers is now barnstorming the district for Kryzan. While that’s the good news, and hopefully he’ll be able to minimize his votes on the WFP line, this does make things a bit tougher for Kryzan.
Please don’t tell me he’s ALREADY a lobbyist?