29 NYC Council Members: Ban Trump From NY Ballot

Gothamist reports:

More than two dozen New York City councilmembers in a letter on Wednesday called on the state Board of Elections to withhold Donald J. Trump’s name from the state’s 2024 presidential primary and general election ballots.

The letter, signed by 29 council members, all Democrats, represents a majority of the 51-member Council, and follows a similar effort initiated in December by members of the state Legislature. So far, 33 states have seen formal challenges to the former president, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

A spokesperson for the state Board of Elections said on Wednesday that she hadn’t seen the letter yet. The four BOE commissioners are evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. None immediately responded to an email seeking comment.

Read the full article. Only six members of the NYC Council are Republicans, which means that 16 Democrats didn’t sign on.

A majority of NYC councilmembers signed a letter urging the Board of Elections to knock Donald Trump off of New York ballots in 2024. https://t.co/iHMxyepnYG

— Gothamist (@Gothamist) January 3, 2024