Dem chair Jacobs eyes eliminating cross-endorsements
Quick ReadCall for an end to NY's unusual practice
Photo credit: File / Audrey C. Tiernan | Nassau County Democratic party chairman Jay Jacobs (June 08, 2009)
Soon-to-be state Democratic Committee chairman Jay Jacobs says he believes "we have to take a strong look" at eliminating New York's unusual practice of candidate cross-endorsements.
Jacobs, the Nassau party leader, was quick to add that he's not urging immediate action, and that the issue requires "study." But he backed the ban in 2007, during a flap with county Independence Party chairman...
