On June 4, U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer issued an opinion in Fox v Paterson, 10-cv-6240L. The case concerns whether New York must hold a special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat, 29th district. The seat has been empty since March 2010.
The judge ruled that the U.S. Constitution gives Governors a great deal of latitude in when to call special U.S. House elections. Therefore, the Governor must arrange for a special election that will be no later than November 2, 2010. The Governor had already promised to do that, so the outcome is a victory for the state. The Governor had said it would cost too much to hold the special election any sooner, and that furthermore some of the counties in the 29th district are in the process of buying new vote-counting machines and that process can’t be finished any sooner than November 2.
It seems odd that neither the Governor, nor the court, decided to hold the special election on September 14, when the entire state is holding primary elections.
Phil Sawyer wrote on a previous page (Andrew Cuomo artice):
June 6th, 2010 at 9:28 am
“An Alabama Independent” (#10): Even though we are often on different sides of the issues, I always enjoy reading your comments and appreciate your courtesy and diplomacy.
My response to your comment is that there is always a certain point where candidates for public office have to ignore the “direction of the political winds” and be true to their beliefs. Otherwise, they are not worth supporting and voting for.
“clay” (#11): Your argument ended up proving yourself incorrect. How ironic!
Howie Hawkins is willing to stand up for the working class of the great State of New York. The Working Families Party needs to join with the Green Party and also stand up for the proletariat!