On September 7, India B. Walton, Democratic nominee for Mayor of Buffalo, filed a notice of appeal to the Second Circuit in Meadors v Erie County Board of Elections. This is the lawsuit over the constitutionality of the May petition deadline for independent candidates, passed by the New York legislature in 2019. The U.S. District Court had enjoined that deadline.

Walton is an intervenor in the case. The Erie County Board of Elections hasn’t decided yet whether to appeal, but will decide this afternoon.