Rensselaer County Republicans want to deny voters choice

Written by: Linda Underwood on Aug 18, 2009 7:50 PM EDT

Last month, the Working Families Party interviewed me and my running mates Flora Fasoldt and Norm Young. They asked us how we felt about a number of important issues on national and local levels, from health care reform to the minimum wage. The core beliefs of the Working Families Party, while somewhat more liberal than mine, could not be more different from those of Republicans and Conservatives.

But the Rensselaer County Republican machine and party bosses don't care what the ideology of the Working Families Party is. They just want to deny them access to the ballot.

Just as they did with the Conservative and Independence parties, Republicans have infiltrated the Working Families Party, having their operatives register as WFP members with one sole purpose: to deny people the right to vote for a party that represents their political views.

The Republicans whose names are on those peitions were not interviewed or endoresed by the Working Families Party. The Republican petitions were not circulated by a member of the Working Families Party. In fact, the petitions have a "fatal flaw" in that the notary who circulated them forgot to put his stamp on them.

But the Republican Party Bosses don't care. They want to waste the resources of the Democratic and Working Families parties by forcing them to go to court to have the petitions thrown out. Their bottom line is to win at all costs, even if that means denying you the right to vote.

These are the people who are running our county. People who would deny Rensselaer County residents a choice on the ballot. For them, it is all about retaining power and raking in the money that comes with total control of the government.

If you think we have had enough of partisan politics - if you want a government that works for you and not for themselves - please support me with your time and donations to my campaign. Please support my running mates, incumbent Flora Fasoldt and Norm Young.

Things will only get better when we the people vote for change.

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Location: Castleton, NY 12033