On May 3, U.S. District Court Judge Brian M. Cogan enjoined the New York law that prohibits out-of-state petitioners. Schmidt v Kosinski, e.d., 1:22cv-2210. Here is the three-page preliminary Injunction. Out-of-state circulators must promise to consent to the jurisdiction of New York courts in case there is any dispute about their work.
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Edited By Richard Winger
This is good, but statewide minor party and independent candidates having to collect 45,000 valid signatures in 42 days is still insanely difficult.
Maybe the deadline will be extended, or maybe the number of signatures will be reduced. The distribution requirement of 500 signatures in each of half the US House districts is not workable when the districts haven’t even been settled yet.
I hope this will help Larry Sharpe obtain ballot access.
I saw Larry Sharpe hanging out with a dude dressed up like a lady. I think his drag name was Ashley Shades. I was very disappointed seeing this. I thought Larry was better than that.
“Ashley Shade” is very corrupt. It participating in kicking out 47 members of the Massachusetts Libertarian Party.
Tranny tyranny strikes again!
US Fed Court should stay out of how a state decides how it should determine how a signature is collected. That is a 10th Amendment issue.
If your petition doesn’t have enough support from its own jurisdiction of residents then it doesn’t deserve ballot qualification. Out of state or out of jurisdiction circulators is a foolish concept. We don’t allow our of state voting, so why the difference?
Asking somebody to sign a petition is NOT the same thing as voting.
I agree with everything voice from the wild is saying. It should definitely be against the law and the feds need to butt out.
Carpetbaggers and scalawags.
Ship ’em home!