Only Dean and Edwards Fully Qualified For NY Ballots

Among the contenders, only former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina appear to have qualified delegate slates in each of New York's 29 congressional districts.

"Our grassroots worked their tails off to get our slates on the ballot in every district, and that we qualified everywhere says a lot about our popular support compared to others," said Dean spokesman Eric Schmeltzer. "But what we didn't expect to see is that some of these other campaigns apparently resorted to lying to the Board of Elections to get their slates on the ballot. It speaks volumes about their campaigns."

In New York, because there are separate petitions for candidates and for delegate slates and separate voting at the primary for them as well, the bottom-line effect of not qualifying delegate slates is minimal. Filing the slates is, however, a demonstration of a campaign's organizational strength and financial resources, potentially important factors in primaries.