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Another piece, related to this, is how ballot access is determined in each state. The Working Families Party (WFP) has been able to leverage NY laws to have a full slate on the ballot without having to stand up candidates for every office. 1/

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From Wikipedia, "WFP benefits from New York's electoral fusion laws that allow the party to support another party's candidate when they feel it aligns with their platform. This allows sympathetic voters to support a minor party without feeling like they are "wasting" their vote. " 2/

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