{"id":213,"date":"2009-09-08T12:26:47","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T16:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=213"},"modified":"2009-09-08T12:26:47","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T16:26:47","slug":"vote-early-vote-often","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=213","title":{"rendered":"Vote early, vote often"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next Tuesday is primary day and &#8220;orange cards&#8221; have already begun arriving in members mailboxes. \u00a0There is only one endorsement, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johngreene4kent.com\" target=\"_blank\">John Greene<\/a> for Kent Town Board in Putnam  Co.\u00a0 He is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysrpa.org\" target=\"_blank\">R&amp;P<\/a> member and President of the local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pheasantsforever.org\" target=\"_blank\">Pheasants Forever<\/a> chapter. \u00a0The rest are all recommendations to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">vote against<\/span> incumbents or candidates. \u00a0They are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New York City<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abornforda.com\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Aborn<\/a> is in a 3-way primary for Manhattan District Attorney. \u00a0He&#8217;s  the former head of Handgun Control (now the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradycampaign.org\" target=\"_blank\">Brady Campaign<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidyassky.com\" target=\"_blank\">David Yassky<\/a> is in a 4-way citywide primary for Comptroller. \u00a0He wrote the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brady_Handgun_Violence_Prevention_Act\" target=\"_blank\">Brady Bill<\/a> when he was an aide  to then <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chuck_Schumer\" target=\"_blank\">Congressman Chuck Schumer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bloomberg&#8217;s Mayors<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Middletown Mayor <a href=\"http:\/\/duncansonformayor2009.com\" target=\"_blank\">Marlinda Duncanson<\/a> lost party backing and made a big deal out of joining <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org\" target=\"_blank\">MAIG<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Binghamton Mayor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayormattryan.com\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Ryan<\/a> is being challenged by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merrillformayor.com\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Merrill<\/a>. \u00a0Merrill is making a decent effort to unseat Ryan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">City of Albany<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Mayor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayorjennings2009.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gerald Jennings<\/a> and Councilmen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calsolaro.net\" target=\"_blank\">Dominick Calsolaro<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.timesunion.com\/localpolitics\/3862\/golby-launches-albany-council-run\/\" target=\"_blank\">James Scalzo<\/a>.\u00a0 Jennings abandoned his constituents and joined MAIG while  Calsolaro and Scalazo have been sponsoring antigun bills in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albanyny.org\/Government\/CityOfficials\/CommonCouncil.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Common  Council<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Suffolk County<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>County <a href=\"http:\/\/legis.suffolkcountyny.gov\/do\/do03.html\" target=\"_blank\">Legislator Kate Browning<\/a> and Brookhaven Town  Boardmember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookhaven.org\/BrookhavenElectedOfficials\/BrookhavenCouncilDistrict2\/tabid\/71\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Jane Bonner<\/a>.\u00a0 They are responsible for attempts to close the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trapandskeet.net\" target=\"_blank\">trap  &amp; skeet range<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Turnout is always low for primaries which is why  incumbents hate them. \u00a0Even if they survive the challenge they have to spend a lot of money doing it. \u00a0It is important to get as many gunnies to show up and  vote as possible, especially in NYC. \u00a0We have members and clubs in NYC and they can vote  too.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D213&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=213\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=213\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=213\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Tuesday is primary day and &#8220;orange cards&#8221; 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