U.S. District Court Judge John Koeltl will hear the various minor party lawsuits against the 2020 New York state ballot access law on Thursday, August 13. The new law, signed April 2, 2020, triples the number of signatures needed for statewide independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. It changes the definition of a qualified party from a group that got 50,000 votes for Governor, to one that got 130,000 votes or 2% (whichever is greater) for the office at the top of the ballot every two years. The new law is being challenged by the SAM Party, the Working Families Party, the Green Party, and the Libertarian Party.
ANY New Age lawyer or judge capable of detecting EQUAL in 14-1 Amdt ???
— as applied to INDIVIDUAL candidates.
ANY New Age lawyer or judge heard of 1954 Brown v Bd of Ed as applied to such INDIVIDUAL candidates ???
I support them in their suit.
I don’t think laws can be changed by commissions, even if the legislature empowers it. Further, this is extremely discriminatory and aimed at eliminating the Working Families Party due to the fact that they’re feuding. Next, they’ll try to repeal Wilson-Pakula, and there will be nobody to keep the Democrats from voting for it. Then you have only the Democrat, Republican, and Conservative Parties, and if the Conservatives can’t cross-endorse the Republicans, it virtually guarantees democrat control virtually forever. That’s the nefarious plan here.
Typical of Democrats.
How many seconds until rich/non-rich republicans flee RED communist NY — esp NY Stock Exchange and major banks, etc. ???
— as has happened in RED communist CA.
@Tim, the law passed by the commission was thrown out. They then put it in the state budget bill and the legislature passed it. This is why it’s harder to fight it this time