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“Ramapo resident Michael Parietti officially joined the ballot Wednesday as a candidate for Rockland County executive in the Nov. 4 election. The Rockland Board of Elections affirmed that Parietti amassed the minimum 1,500 signatures on petitions to qualify for the ballot on the independent “Good Gov” line. Parietti and his supporters filed more than 3,000 names with the board on May 27.
Republican County Executive Ed Day challenged the petitions, but the Board of Elections commissioners sustained the signatures beyond the minimum needed. The commissioners, Democrat Allison Weinraub and Republican Patricia Giblin, informed Parietti by letter on Wednesday.
“Upon examination of the specific objection, we hereby rule that the said objection is not sustained and the petition filed by Michael I. Parietti is hereby declared valid,” the commissioners wrote. With that notification, Rockland’s voters have a choice for county executive. Rockland Democrats did not field a candidate.
Parietti says his petition indicates broad support; Day brushes that off
Parietti said in a statement that more than 3,000 signatures represented broad support across the county.
He said that Republican operatives attempted to knock him off the ballot by filing what he called baseless objections to his petitions.
Parietti has said that in his numerous past campaigns, he’d never tried to knock a candidate off the ballot, arguing competition is good for the electoral process. “They hired a high-priced consultant to try and silence voters,” Parietti said. “But the signatures stood, and democracy won. Now voters can decide between entrenched political interests or new ideas and real accountability for the future of our county.”
Read the complete Journal News coverage herehttps://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2025/06/12/rockland-county-executive-ed-day-to-face-independent-mike-parietti-november-4-election/84157304007/.
