For the 2013 election, Randy Potter is running for Syracuse Councilor-at-Large as the Conservative Party candidate after losing the Republican designation in a lawsuit filed by the Onondaga County Republican Committee to keep Potter, mayoral candidate Ian Hunter and Ernest Morrow off the ballots. The GOP in late August did endorse Morrow for the Councilor-at-Large position. For the primary on Sept. 10, 2013, Potter faces a write-in challenge as the Conservative Party candidate.
Under New York election law, voters can gather petition signatures to place on the ballot an option of Write In — so that each voter can write in a candidate’s name. The move is called an “opportunity to ballot.” It creates competition for a party’s designated candidate by giving voters a choice to write in someone else’s name. If the “opportunity to ballot” is used in the primary season, it forces a primary election in which a party’s voters can reject the party’s choice of nominee.
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