Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
On October 26th, the New York State Board of Elections filed a Brief in the Second Circuit in Redpath v Spano, 18-2089. The Case was formerly called Merced v Spano.
The Issue is the State’s Ban on Out-of-State Circulators.
The State tries to argue that anyone can be a Circulator, and that the Law only Bans Out-of-State “witnesses.”
In other words, the State expects every Out-of-State Circulator to be Accompanied at All Times by a New York State Resident to Witness the Signature
Then the State Argues that the Free Speech of Circulators is Not an Issue in the Case, and that Witnesses have No Free Speech Complaint because it is the Other Person in the Team who can be Expected to do All the Talking.
CLICK HERE to read the 96 page (pdf) Brief.
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