On June 27, Philip Pidot filed a federal lawsuit over New York’s failure to put him on the Republican primary ballot, for the primary being held on June 28. He is running for U.S. House, 3rd district. Only one other Republican filed to be on that primary ballot. Pidot was originally kept off the ballot because it was believed he did not have the needed 1,250 signatures. Later a court determined that he did have enough, but said it was too late to do anything about it. Pidot will ask for a special primary in the near future. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph F. Bianco will hear this case on Wednesday, June 29, at 10:45 a.m. in Islip, on Long Island.

The case is Pidot v New York State Board of Elections, e.d., 2:16cv-3527.