On May 20, the same New York state trial court judge who first invalidated the U.S. House district boundaries refused to extend the petitioning deadline for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. Harkenrider v Hochul, Steuben County Supreme Court E2022-0116.
Here is the four-page Order, which fails to mention any of the precedents from other states that when the normal petitioning period is shortened by late redistricting, states must either extend the deadline or cut the number of signatures.
The new U.S. District Court boundaries were not released until late on May 20, and the petition deadline is May 31. The statewide petitions must have at least 500 signatures from each of half of the U.S. House districts.
One more UNEQUAL machination –subverting 14-1 AMDT EPC.
The judge only mentioned one precedent in his order, Libertarian Party of New York v New York State Board of Elections. But he got the name of that case wrong. Every time he mentioned it, he said the Defendant was the State Board of Education.
That case had nothing to do with a situation when the normal petitioning period time is shorter than usual.