On August 17, U.S. District Court Judge Frederick Scullin ordered New York state to hold a Republican primary for U.S. House, 3rd district, on October 6. The reason is that in the regular primary held in June this year, one of the candidates, Philip Pidot, was left off the primary ballot. Pidot sued in state court, but the state court gave him no relief. The federal case is Pidot v New York State Board of Elections, n.d., 1:16cv-859.
Pidot was left off the June primary ballot because it was believed he did not have enough valid signatures. He then proved that he did have enough vaid signatures, but the state court said it was too late to do anything about it.
The August 17 order says New York shall ask the federal government for an emergency exception to the federal law that requires overseas absentee ballots to be mailed at least 45 days before any federal primary or election.
I remember in Indiana that happened, and state law said a new election could only be held if in the county, ect, in question the total number of votes cast was greater than the margin of victory for the winning candidate.
Typical of a New York Republican, he is apparently also a Hillary and Cuomo supporter: http://pidotforcongress.com/
In the interest of correcting the record, you might be thinking of my Cuomo-allied opponent. I couldn’t be further from a Hillary or Cuomo supporter. I’ve spent a lot of time investigating and exposing some of their corrupt dealings and look forward to the day it catches up to them.