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Steuben County Supreme Court Justice Patrick McAllister, who oversaw the state’s muddled redistricting process, closed a loophole Thursday that would have allowed New Yorkers to switch parties up until the day of the congressional and state Senate contests.
Steuben County Supreme Court Justice Patrick McAllister issued the order Friday, pushing the primaries back from their original date of June 28 as a court-appointed special master crafts new district lines.