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Press Release from Libertarian Party of New York on Last Week’s Ballot Access Unfavorable Opinion 3 Comments
Andy on
Did anyone in this case bother to point out how unreasonable it is to have tripled the petition signature requirement, but to NOT have tripled the amount of time in order to collect those petition signatures? New York only allows 6 weeks for signature gathering. Having to gather 45,000 valid petition signatures in 6 weeks is INSANE.
Jim Riley on
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The New York Libertarian Party, and the New York Green Party, have filed this brief in Libertarian Party of New York v New York State Board of Elections, s.d., 1:20cv-5820. This is the case over the ballot access law passed on April 1, 2020, that tripled the number of signatures for statewide independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties; and also more than tripled the number of votes needed for a party to be ballot-qualified.
The state has not yet responded, but it will soon.