The New York State election law should be amended so that each presidential candidate in a primary who secures 15,000 signatures statewide will be entitled to have his delegates on the ballot in each of the 31 Congressional Districts in the state.
As it now stands, the law requires candidates to secure signatures in all 31 Congressional Districts. This calls for party organization or well-heeled candidates like Steve Forbes.
I believe that the system should be changed so that the sole consideration should be the number of signatures, not the address of the signer.
Just look at the Republican primary where Senator John McCain, the principal challenge to party favorite Governor George W. Bush, cannot be on the ballot statewide because the present rules favor party favorites and discourage challengers. Legitimate candidates, such as Gary Bauer and Alan Keyes, are being shut out as well.
Ballot access is the democratic way. Anything less deprives voters of the right to pick their candidates.
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