A thought on petitioning from club’s president…
As petitioning enters its pre-Commissioners Hearing (April 28-29, 2026) stage, I wondered how political friends and enemies, trust and distrust, games and tricks are being played. Is there a win-win solution?
A Competition Proposal: If the establishment wants to avoid a primary, have the competing candidates (insurgent or establishment) who collected the least number of valid signatures file a Declination. The Committee to Fill Vacancies would then Substitute in the winning candidate giving the Replacement more signatures against the Democrats!
During this 2026 cycle, Central Queens Republican Club petitioned for 10 candidates not on the County's slate in Queens and Brooklyn. Three did not have enough signatures to survive a challenge so three declinations were filed giving signa...
