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All You Should Know About Rockland County Executive Democratic Primary

By Maria Moore


Rockland being one of the states in America, it holds its democratic values and participates in the general elections with the other American states. The rules for running for any elective position are stipulated in what is called Running for Office Guidebook. To be able to vie for any elective position you must have enrolled yourself as a member of a party from which you are seeking to be elected. You must also be a member of the state that you are seeking to be elected. If you are to participate in the Rockland county executive democratic primary, you have to be a resident of Rockland County.

The party nominations are supposed to start from the roots of the villages through the party caucus. The election of any politician is expected to begin from the village. Only those who are registered as members of the party are supposed to take part in the nominations.

Under special circumstances, a particular party may wish to nominate a person that is not within the membership realms. At such times they must seek for an authorization certificate. The certificate must be duly signed by the presiding officer and the secretary of the committee that has decided to nominate the candidate. Such a certificate is then filed with the election board.

There is also a provision of law for those who wish to vie as independent candidates. That means a person may seek to vie without using any political party. There must be evidence that such a person has not participated in the village caucus or any of this party primary. The candidate must be a qualified voter and then present what is known as the nomination petition to the election board.

The information contained in the forms includes the name of the candidate, the place of residence of these candidates, the position sought and the date of the election. At the same time, the candidate must provide the postal address and be signed by at least three people and witnessed. All these are required by law.

The petition may include the committee of not more than three persons, but after the form that provides for the signatures, the rest of the information can be forwarded by someone else other than the candidate. The pages for a petition must be filed in a sequence and fastened together in that sequence.

All petitions must be filed on time and to the correct board of elections. The papers must be submitted during office hours and in case the last day of submission happens to be a holiday of falls on a Sunday, then the next working day becomes the last submission day.

Transparency in both the political parties as well as private candidates is a requirement by law. All the funds donated to the parties are supposed to be stated as well as the way they were spending during the campaigns. All the information about the code of conduct is available on the county board of elections. Anyone seeking to run for any political position must be willing to adhere to the law whether supported by any political party or whether doing it independently.




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