A New York state court will hear arguments on October 9, in a case to determine whether the New York Democratic Party’s nominees for Justice of the Supreme Court, 5th district, should remain on the November 3, 2009 ballot. See this story. In New York, Justices of the Supreme Court are elected on a partisan basis, from judicial districts. Nominees are chosen by convention. The 5th district is the area in and around Syracuse. The objector who filed the lawsuit to remove the nominees says the convention procedures did not follow state election laws.