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NYC Mayor: Sharpton Opts To Stay Neutral In Primary Election, Advocating For Early Voting Instead
GothamistOn the first day of early voting for the June 22nd primary, Reverend Al Sharpton announced he won’t endorse any candidate for any race, including those running for mayor, despite having told reporters late May he would. Instead, Sharpton joined top mayoral candidates to press upon members of his National Action Network to vote and do so early.
“I said that I would make a decision by early June and I would decide whether I was going to endorse and who I was going to endorse,” Sharpton told Gothamist/WNYC Saturday at his headquarters in Harlem. “There’s no one here who’s saying something so egregious that I had to come in and had to stop somebody, so I decided to put my time in ranked-voting."
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Sharpton, who previously said he wants a mayor who can "bring the city back and bring it back more fairly," plans to release a series of television ads and hold events ahead of primary day encouraging everyone to vote. Sharpton said some of the candidates will join him on his small tour, but did not disclose who.