“You wouldn’t win that argument in a philosophy class,” said Zweben. “But the rules are really quite clear.”
Halwick defended the petition challenge as standard procedure in any political campaign and said that the denial of the GOP line to Brown was fair and legal.
“This is not a matter of me attacking a specific party or anybody,” said Halwick. “It’s just going on the basis of the law.”
Brown, meanwhile, described the petition challenge as “picayune” and “desperate” maneuver by her opponent. She vowed to carry on the fight running on the Conservative Party line and collecting signatures for a spot on the ballot line of the independent New Beginnings party.
“You don’t have to vote for me, but he took away the choice without even campaigning or making his platform known to the voters,” said Brown. “I don’t think that’s how the forefathers envisioned the process.”
Brown is not the only Kingston Republican to lose a spot on the Republican line based on flawed petitions. Todd Langon, who had planned to run on the party line for the county legislative seat now held by Jeanette Provenzano, had his petitions thrown out based on similar errors. Langon still holds the Conservative Party line.
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