New York's Smaller Parties Cloud the Race for Governor.

States that the influence of small political parties in New York is disrupting the election campaigns of Gov. George E. Pataki and his two Democratic rivals. Outlook for well-financed and well-known candidates on as many as four ballot lines, splintering the vote and complicating electoral calculations of Pataki and his opponents, H. Carl McCall and Andrew M. Cuomo; Mention of endorsements by the Conservative Party and the Working Families Party; Discussion of minor party law.