Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.

On July 20th, the Second Circuit refused to enjoin a New York Campaign Finance Law that lets Individuals give More Donations to a Qualified Party than an Unqualified Party. The Case is Upstate Jobs Party v Kosinski, 18-1586.

To qualify for a Ballot Line, a Party needs to collect 50,000+ Votes for Governor, every Four years.

The three Judges were Reena Raggi, Peter W. Hall, and Debra Ann Livingston, all Bush Jr. Appointees.

The Six-Page Order (pdf) makes it clear that the Panel thinks the Lawsuit has Merit, and that there are Problems with the New York Law.

But they said there would be no useful purpose in an Injunction, partly because the Upstate Jobs Party doesn’t have any Candidates this year for Statewide Office.









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