On May 3, New York election officials removed Andrew Rainey from the Democratic primary ballot for Assembly, 95th district. Rainey is the former Mayor of Peekskill. He needed 500 signatures. He submitted 749, but after he was challenged, he was left with only 494 valid signatures. See this story.
On May 4, an Illinois state trial court removed five Republicans from the primary ballot for McLean County Board. One of the candidates is an incumbent and the chair of the county board. See this story. Their primary petitions didn’t have page numbers.
According to this news story, the South Dakota Secretary of State rejected the documents from the Libertarian Party’s nominating convention, putting their November ballot status in jeopardy. However, the Secretary of State’s office as of May 5 says the matter is pending and there is no final decision.
On May 4, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, a Clinton appointee, refused to issue a Temporary Restraining Order in the New York redistricting situation. The highest State Court had ruled that the districts must be redrawn. Afterwards, some Democratic Party activists filed a federal lawsuit to derail the State Court process. But the judge was not sympathetic. DeGaudenar v Kosinski, s.d., 1:22cv-3534. See this story.
The New York Libertarian Party has issued this press release, pointing out the difference between the legislature’s inaction on the ballot access bills, compared with the extremely fast action on the bill to allow candidates to withdraw if they have been indicted.
