Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
On May 29th, 2020, the Working Families Party filed a Federal Lawsuit, Hurley v Kosinski, s.d., 1:20cv-4148 against the Definition of a Ballot Qualified Political Party that Passed on April 1st, 2020.
The Case is in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York.
Plaintiff: LINDA HURLEY and REV. REX STEWART, Duly Registered Voters in the State of New York; ROBERT JACKSON, RICHARD GOTTFRIED, RYUH-LINE NIOU, ANITA THAYER and JONATHAN WESTIN, Individually and as Co-Chairs of the New York State Committee of the Working Families Party and Members of the Executive Board of the New York State Committee of the Working Families Party; THE NEW YORK STATE COMMITTEE OF THE WORKING FAMILIES PARTY; THE
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE NEW YORK STATE COMMITTEE OF THE WORKING FAMILIES PARTY; and THE WORKING FAMILIES PARTY OF NEW YORK STATE.
Defendants: PETER S. KOSINSKI, as the Co-Chair of the New York State Board of Elections; DOUGLAS A. KELLNER, as the Co-Chair of the New York State Board of Elections; ANDREW J. SPANO, as a Commissioner of the New York State Board of Elections; TODD D. VALENTINE, as Co-Executive Director of the New York State Board of Elections; and ROBERT A. BREHM, as Co-Executive Director of the New York State Board of Elections.
The New Definition requires a Party to Pass the Vote Test every Two years instead of every Four years in the General Election.
The New Vote Test is much Harder than the Old Vote Test:
- The Old Vote Test was 50,000 for Governor, which is every four years.
- The New Vote Test is 130,000 or 2% of the Total Vote, whichever is more, for the Office at the Top of the Ticket every Two Years. That could be President, or Governor.
The Case has Not yet been Assigned to a Judge.
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