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Bernie Sanders

grntuscarora

(1,249 posts) Sun Jan 31, 2016, 09:23 AM Jan 2016

unofficial source: NY delivers 100,000 sigs to get Bernie on the ballot.

a presidential record in NY, and well ahead of HRC.

Can anyone confirm?

I woke up to a message from a PA for Sanders group indicating this, but I can't find any verification. I hope it's true, and if so

Congrats NY, and GOOD WORK!

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unofficial source: NY delivers 100,000 sigs to get Bernie on the ballot. (Original Post) grntuscarora Jan 2016 OP

I hope so too! Rebkeh Jan 2016 #1

They only needed 15,000 RoccoR5955 Jan 2016 #2

I have no doubt the number is massive. Kudos to all involved. YAY NY! snagglepuss Jan 2016 #3

Facebook:We did it, Bernie will be on the NYS Primary ballot! cal04 Jan 2016 #4

Rebkeh

(2,450 posts)

1. I hope so too!

Reply to grntuscarora (Original post)

Sun Jan 31, 2016, 09:27 AM

Jan 2016

This is good news to wake up to.

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)

2. They only needed 15,000

Reply to grntuscarora (Original post)

Sun Jan 31, 2016, 10:46 AM

Jan 2016

(with at least 100 or 5% of enrolled voters from
each of one-half of the congressional districts)

That is quite possible, and very likely that these can easily be met.

With the deadline for turning in petitions being between 1 and 4 of February, I do not think that there will be any official word as to how many signatures have actually been collected until a couple of days after this.

They can still dispute these signatures, but if they have even 1/2 of that 100,000, there will be little argument that Bernie has enough petitions to run in NY.