It has come to our attention that the petition of 33rd State Senate candidate J. Gustavo Rivera is being challenged for having no first name. It appears that the name of the candidate on the petition does not match the name on the voter registration form (VRF), which lists the name as Jose G. Rivera.
Could it be that this Jose Rivera did not want his name mixed up with that of 78th Assemblyman Jose Rivera, and not have people say that they already signed for Jose Rivera or did not live in his district?
Having checked the petition for J. Gustavo Rivera and the VRF of Jose G. Rivera it appears that there is no first name on the petition for senate candidate Rivera, and that should knock him off the ballot. If this is a fatal mistake for Mr. Rivera it is inexcusable as his clam to fame is his political experience in helping many candidates (including State Senators and President Obama) win their elections.
Now for the political magic, we have been told that Mr. J. Gustavo Rivera filed some sort of change to his VRF on June 4th 2010. We called the NYC Board of Elections to ask how long any change takes to be listed on the permanent VRF, and we were told three to four weeks. Our check of Mr. J. Gustavo Rivera's VRF was done on August 2nd two months later and the name on the VRF is the same as before Jose G. Rivera.
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