Legal bid seeks to knock AOC off ballot line for left-wing Working Families Party: ‘Too involved in social experimentation’
NY Post
A legal challenge has been filed to knock Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez off the left-leaning Working Families Party ballot line in the Nov. 5 general election, The Post has learned.
The objection, filed last week with the city Board of Elections, is part of a coordinated effort to diminish the WFP’s influence and presence in The Bronx.
“Her platform is not all helpful to working families,” said Ian Carpenter, a registered independent from Astoria, Queens who filed objections to Ocasio-Cortez’s WFP voter signatures.
“She’s got great passion but she’s too involved in social experimentation,” he added.
The Working Families Party has been a crucial second ballot line to help boost Democrats over Republicans for elections in hard-fought battleground districts.
The party also deploys activists to campaign and help elect progressives over moderates in Democratic Party primaries.
