On August 30, the New York Court of Appeals, the highest state court in New York, refused to disturb the ruling of the State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, in Lavell v Baker.  That case involved a dispute over whether the Independence Party properly nominated candidates for various local partisan offices in Erie County.

The objectors said the party didn’t follow its own rules, as to whether the state central committee, or the state executive committee, should decide whether to let candidates from other parties run in the Independence Party primary.  The lower court, in a split decision, had ruled in favor of the party, and now that win is secure.  Thanks to Joe Burns for this news.