The Second Circuit will hear Yang v Kellner, 20-1494, at 1 p.m., Friday, May 15. This is the case over whether New York will hold a presidential primary. The three judges are: Amalya Kearse, a Carter appointee; Dennis Jacobs, a Bush Sr. appointee; and Jose Cabranes, a Clinton appointee.
On May 11, the Federal Election Commission again revised its chart on federal primary dates (both presidential and congressional), and filing deadlines for federal candidates. See it here. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
On May 13, the New York State Board of Elections removed Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from the Working Families Party primary ballot. She is running for re-election, and she wants the nomination of the Working Families Party. She is safely on the Democratic primary ballot so she doesn’t really need the WFP nomination. She needed 15 signatures but only had thirteen ballot. See this story.
On May 12, Nebraska held presidential primaries for the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian Parties. Here are the results. Jo Jorgensen won the Libertarian primary.
On May 6, some Connecticut voters and primary candidates filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, to obtain petitioning relief during the health crisis. On May 12 they amended their Complaint to take account of the Governor’s order of May 11 that cut the number of signatures to 70% of the statutory requirement. The amended complaint says the Governor’s reduction is not sufficent. Gottlieb v Lamont, 3:20cv-623. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Janet C. Hall, who already has the Libertarian Party ballot access case. Here is the amended Complaint in the Gottlieb case.
