This year's state budget included new election rules that will affect third parties. Under the new provisions, political parties in New York must earn at least 130,000 votes -- or two percent of the total vote, whichever is greater -- in the last preceding election for governor, and the same for its candidate for president in a year when a president is elected. Third party officials and members say the rules are unfair.
We explore the issue this hour with our guests:
- Sochie Nnaemeka, director of the Working Families Party in New York
- Alex White, member of the Green Party and former candidate for office
- Lauren Hall, member of the Libertarian Party, and associate professor of political science at RIT