The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Maslow v New York State Board of Elections, 11-857, at its March 16 conference. The Court won’t reveal its decision until March 19 at the earliest. The issue is the New York state law that makes it impossible for anyone to circulate a petition to get a candidate on a primary ballot, if the circulator isn’t either a member of the candidate’s party, or a notary public. In this case, a wife was not permitted to circulate her husband’s petition because the wife is not a member of the husband’s party.

Here is the state’s response to the Maslow cert petition.