The gubernatorial campaign of Rep. Lee Zeldin submitted roughly 13,000 invalid signatures in an effort to appear on the ballot as a third-party candidate, New York's Board of Elections determined this week.
Zeldin, an ally of former president Trump, gained national prominence as one of the House Republicans who voted against the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. After pushing conspiracy theories about election fraud, his political opponents say his campaign's actions amount to hypocrisy.
To qualify to appear on one of the third-party lines, a candidate must submit the hand-written signatures of 45,000 registered voters. Zeldin's campaign submitted roughly 52,000 signatures by the May 31 filing deadline, but the board ruled this week that about 13,000 of them were invalid,New York’s Libertarian Party initiated the challenge to Zeldin’s signatures, saying in a release that 11,000 of them were photocopies, a violation,“Let’s not forget: Lee Zeldin was one of the many far-right Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election under the guise of election fraud — a dangerous conspiracy theory...
“Now, Zeldin submitting 11,000 fake signatures just emphasizes his hypocrisy and proves he is willing to sell New Yorkers another ‘Big Lie’ to benefit his failing campaign," Jacobs told the Hill.Katie Vincentz, a spokesman for Zeldin's campaign, said it hadn't reviewed all the signatures submitted to the board, per the Times-Union.
"In the final few days leading up to the filing deadline, tens of thousands of signatures from all over the state had to be immediately turned into the Board of Elections,” she said. “While the Zeldin for New York campaign is not aware of photocopies, we certainly didn't make any photo copies."
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