Bay Ridge Democrats offer course in ‘Petitioning 101’
Club leaders are experts on how to get candidates on the ballot
If you want to run for public office, you first have to get your name on the ballot.
Supporters of political candidates all over the city are starting the tedious process of going to door collecting signatures on nominating petitions to secure a spot on the ballot, but in Bay Ridge, local Democrats are turning “petitioning” into an educational opportunity.
Led by Justin Brannan, the Bay Ridge Democrats Club is busy schooling political novices in the fine art of collecting signatures on petitions.
On Wednesday night, club members met at the Bay Ridge home of Joanne Seminara, Democratic district leader of the 64th Assembly District (Bay Ridge-Staten Island) to go over the dos and don’ts of petitioning. “If you’ve never petitioned before, don’t worry. We will work with you to make sure you know all you need to know about how to petition,” Brannan wrote in an email to club members this week. Brannan called the session, “Petitioning 101.”