On October 24, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, ruled that Gigi Bowman should be on the ballot as the Libertarian nominee for State Senate, 5th district, on Long Island. The case is Wilson v Bowman, 519828. Unqualified parties need 3,000 valid signatures to place a nominee on the ballot for State Senate in New York. The Libertarian petition had been challenged by Republican Party officials, and the lower court had removed Bowman from the ballot. The 4-page decision says that the challengers failed to serve Bowman in a timely fashion. Bowman also believes that she had enough valid signatures, but the court did not need to resolve that issue, since in any event the challenge to her petition is defective.
Bowman is the only Libertarian on the ballot for New York State Senate this year. The party also has two candidates for the Assembly.
Congratulations GiGi Bowman!!
What a long strange trip it’s been, but looks like you made it.
Now, all you gotta do a little thing further, like y’know . . . WIN THE ELECTION!!!!
What percentage of the ballots will NOT be having the GB name ON the ballots – esp. absentee ballots ???
Haven’t the ballots been printed already? In both 2008 and 2010, the Libertarian Party of Connecticut won ballot access lawsuits AFTER ballots had already been printed, making it more of a Pyrrhic victory than anything else. I wonder if the same will be true in New York.
Gregory: I was thinking the same thing. Have not the ballots already been printed?
Congratulations Gigi and best wishes for the election!
What are “Congratulations” good for, if the ballot have already been printed?