Reply #33: Non-partisan elections in NYC (GOP's last coup unfolding here)

[robbedvoter]

Dean flip-flops
on Bloomy's ballot
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/132100p-117886c.html


By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
DAILY NEWS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT


Howard Dean Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean's foray into New York City politics backfired yesterday when he appeared to take conflicting positions on whether party primaries for local offices should be dumped.

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But Dean also said he would "support nonpartisan elections" similar to those held in California, where all local races are nonpartisan, in a questionnaire submitted to the Committee for a Unified Independent Party, a research group founded by Independence Party activist Lenora Fulani.

Dean's office did not dispute his statement in the questionnaire.

"What the New York ballot question is about is not good, responsible government and nonpartisan elections - it's about a power grab," spokesman Eric Schmeltzer said.



One rival said Dean was caught in a flip-flop.

"Like his positions on Medicare and affirmative action, once again Howard Dean is trying to have it both ways," said Kim Molstre, a spokesman for the campaign of Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt.


With David Saltonstall and Michael Saul