New York Governor Kathy Hochul is asking lawmakers for help to get her former lieutenant governor removed from the June primary ballot.
Brian Benjamin was recently arrested on bribery charges and he resigned as lieutenant governor but the law makes it hard to get his name off the ballot. Voting Rights Advocate Susan Lerner is the head of the group Common Cause.
“Under the current state of the law, the voters could be presented with a ballot that is inaccurate and that is simply wrong. It’s unfair.”
Lerner is backing a bill in the Assembly that would allow for the removal of Benjamin’s name. However, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins told reporters she doesn’t like to change the rules in the middle of an election but will continue the conversation with the governor about it.