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Judges orders Byron Brown's name to be put on ballot in November mayoral election
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| Contributor | Bojicat |
| Last Edited | Bojicat Sep 03, 2021 01:17pm |
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| Author | The Buffalo News |
| News Date | Friday, September 3, 2021 07:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. on Friday ordered the Erie County Board of Elections to put Mayor Byron Brown's name on an independent ballot line for mayor in the November general election.
Three Brown supporters sought a temporary restraining order from the federal court prohibiting the elections board from keeping his name off the ballot. The judge converted the temporary restraining order to an order for preliminary injunction.
Brown's campaign has disputed a petition filing deadline set earlier this year by the State Legislature requiring independent nominating petitions for political office to be filed no later than 23 weeks before a general election. The state changed the date because the primary election was switched from September to June. Previously, the deadline had been no later than 11 weeks before the election.
Sinatra called the earlier deadline a significant state-imposed rule that "severely burdens plaintiffs' rights."
Brown, a four-term mayor who lost the June 22 Democratic mayoral primary to India B. Walton, had submitted to the county Board of Elections earlier this month more than 3,700 petition signatures in an effort to secure an independent line – called the Buffalo Party – on the Nov. 2 ballot. |
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