On May 14, the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, agreed with the trial court that Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright should be on the Democratic primary ballot. She is running for re-election. New York state requires that all petitions include a “cover sheet”, which describes how many pages and how many signatures are in the attached petition. Despite long-standing strong precedent that cover sheets are required, the trial court, and now the mid-level court, have ruled in favor of Seawright, given the health crisis. She herself was quarantined during the period when the paperwork was due. See this story.

Here is the decision. Seawright v Board of Elections in the City of New York, 11603.

The New York City Board of Elections may appeal again, to the New York highest state court, the Court of Appeals.

On Saturday, May 16, Justin Amash said he will not seek the Libertarian Party nomination for president. See this story.

Also, see this story.

His campaign is returning donations to his presidential exploratory fund, on request.

On May 15, the Second Circuit heard Yang v Kellner, 20-1494. This article describes the 90-minute hearing. The article makes it sound as though all three judges will agree with the U.S. District Court that New York can’t cancel its presidential primary.