>CITY LIMITS WEEKLY
>November 30, 1998
>
>Number 153
>
>Kathleen McGowan, editor. Kim Nauer, executive director. City Limits Weekly is
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>PARTY OF TWO: GREENS AND WFP WIN BALLOT SLOTS
>
>Looks like they made it. Barely.Two left-of-center political parties have won
>the right to be placed on state ballots, but the final nod will have to wait
>until the legal war raging over the attorney general's race is done, according
>to the state elections officials.
>
>As of last Friday, both the Working Families Party (WFP) and the Green Party
>had both exceeded the 50,000 gubernatorial race tallies required for them to
>earn the right to automatically appear on state ballots for the next four
>years. The Greens, who backed Grandpa Al Lewis, won over 51,000 votes. The
>Working Families Party, founded by labor unions and ACORN, a grassroots
>organizing group, squeaked by with 50,340 votes, after backing defeated
>Democrat Peter Vallone.
>
>"Absent any major changes, they made it," said Todd Valentine, a special
>counsel with the state elections board. Valentine said the board will likely
>certify the election on December 13-if there are no new challenges to the
>validity of paper ballots in the as-yet undecided state AG's race. --Glenn
>Thrush