Second Circuit Hears Oral Argument on Ballot Labels Case

On April 29, the Second Circuit heard oral argument in Walden v Kosinski, 25-764. The issue is the 2022 New York law that makes it illegal for an independent candidate to choose the ballot label “Independence.” The plaintiff is a candidate for Mayor this year and is petitioning to be on the November ballot under that name.

The three judges are Alison Nathan, Gerard Lynch (Obama appointees) and Eunice Lee (Biden). The argument lasts 47 minutes. Anyone can hear the oral argument using this link. Click on “2025”. Then click on “25-76” on the left, in the fourth line labelled Walden v Kosinski.


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Second Circuit Hears Oral Argument on Ballot Labels Case — 6 Comments

  1. There is no Constitutional requirement to put the names of candidates on ballots or labels affixed to their names. A blank write-in ballot is the only content neutral ballot.

  2. May Day greetings to all communist workers! Trump is destroying capitalism like never before! The world wide workers revolution is at hand!

  3. see 2010 AK usa senate write-in ballots

    Mxxxxxxxxx ballots — perhaps 5,000 variations in spelling — MIS-spellings –

    *intent* of each voter ??? !!!

  4. 1979-1991 collapse of olde May Day commies in olde USSR –

    esp Afghan War — too many DEAD USSR troopers to count

    few olde men to run the USSR due to 40 million USSR dead in 1941-1945

    Commies revived by Clinton 1993-2001 and Obama 2009-2017 and Biden 2021-2025

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