On October 30, three New York counties, and many town governments, and the New York Republican Party, filed a federal lawsuit over the 2023 law change that moved local elections from odd yera to even years. Mew York Republican State Committee v Hochul, e.d., 2:25cv-6073. Here is the Complaint. It argues that the law violates the First Amendment, because under the new law, the voices of candidates for local office will be drowned out by all the hoopla over the federal and state election campaigns going on simultaneously.

The case is assigned to a Magistrate Judge. Presidents don’t appoint magistrates; they are chosen by the judges.