Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants bar-goers to keep their distance and even eat a meal to curb the coronavirus pandemic — but he’s fine with candidates for elected office approaching voters to sign their nominating petitions to get on the ballot.
Two candidates seeking independent ballot status sued Cuomo and the state Board of Elections in Manhattan federal court, claiming it’s dangerous and life-threatening to require candidates and their volunteers to collect in-person signatures for their nomination petitions during the pandemic…
[I]n court papers, state Assistant Attorney General Seth Farber, who is defending Cuomo, challenged the assertion that in-person petitioning puts lives at risk.
“Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the period for the collection and submission of such signatures was delayed while New York State was at the peak of its infections and death,” said Farber, who urged the court to dismiss plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction of the governor’s order.
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