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Dem chair Jacobs eyes eliminating cross-endorsements

September 13, 2009 7:35 PM By DAN JANISON dan.janison@newsday.com

Nassau County Democratic party chairman Jay Jacobs (June

Photo credit: File / Audrey C. Tiernan | Nassau County Democratic party chairman Jay Jacobs (June 08, 2009)

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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...

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