[deleted] t1_ivl4wg9 wrote
Reply to comment by Myske1 in These 40 unopposed New York City candidates are 2022 election winners before the polls even close by geoxol
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Myske1 t1_ivl5g57 wrote
Run how? The two parties submit their lists. Lists that they pick behind the scenes. Lists that are somehow identical to each other because the Dem and Rep party bosses have clearly made a deal.
64321684 t1_ivl8bt8 wrote
Yep, this is right. I know one of the judges on the ballot. It took them years to win the right to be the sole candidate on the ballot. Years of attending stupid events all across the city and kissing the rings of those who actually make this decision. The whole system is absolutely fucking absurd.
valoremz t1_ivn13xq wrote
> kissing the rings of those who actually make this decision.
Can you elaborate or give an example of who these party bosses are?
libananahammock t1_ivm016o wrote
It works the same way out on Long Island when it comes to dems and republicans making deals on who to run. It’s shady all around.
B-BoyStance t1_ivm096r wrote
It's a club and we ain't in it
libananahammock t1_ivm0b2w wrote
Amen
odeebee t1_ivn84sz wrote
Go to law school. Become a lawyer. Then become a judge. Then claim all elections are fraud and that all criminal prosecutions are witch-hunts. Then run as a Republican in NYC. This will all be a totally good use of your time, talent, and money I promise.
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panda12291 t1_ivl897l wrote
The issue is the way that judges are selected in NY. The party holds a "judicial nominating convention" at which it selects the candidates that will be on the ballot, and then they all run unopposed. There is no primary to win; there is no transparency in the party selection process. The solution you propose simply doesn't exist. This is a real problem with judicial elections in NY that does not have an easy solution.
Myske1 t1_ivl9nkz wrote
There’s no primary. Did you not read the comment you replied to?
Smoy t1_ivm2l7w wrote
Oh yeah let me just put this spare million dollars I have into my election fund. Good thing I can spend my time campaigning instead of like, working my job that puts food on the table. Who needs that
ripstep1 t1_ivla3fg wrote
Can you just declare you are in the Democratic Party though?
shotpun t1_ivm50wb wrote
problem is we (as a society) have decided that the people whose entire lifes work should be dedicated to removing bias from the legal system also have to run partisan political campaigns
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