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Article: New York Liberal Party Shuts Down
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- February 25, 2003
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Dateline: NEW YORK
The New York Liberal Party, billed by members as the longest existing
third party in the nation, has shut down after nearly 60 years of
helping to elect candidates from John F. Kennedy to Rudolph Giuliani.
The Liberal Party failed to collect the 50,000 votes it needed in
November's gubernatorial race to maintain its status as a recognized
party. As a result, the party lost its automatic ballot slots in New
York.
Normally, party members would have become unenrolled or independent
voters for election purposes. But members may stay enrolled because
the Green Party, which also failed to get enough votes, was granted
an injunction in December blocking ...