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2020-05-06 Home Front: Politix
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Federal judge reinstates New York Democratic presidential primary
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 Depriving Slow Joe of those delegates would keep him from a first ballot win at the DNC Convention, allowing hi-jinx to swap in a Super-Delegate-chosen candidate
[NY Post] A federal court judge has ordered New York Democrats to reinstate the presidential primary election for June 23 after one-time candidate Andrew Yang challenged its cancellation.
Judge Analisa Torres in her decision Tuesday ruled that the New York Board of Elections' decision to cancel the vote was unconstitutional and that all qualified candidates as of April 26 must be on the ballot.
"[T]he removal of presidential contenders from the primary ballot not only deprived those candidates of the chance to garner votes for the Democratic Party's nomination," Torres wrote in her opinion.
"…but also deprived their pledged delegates of the opportunity to run for a position where they could influence the party platform, vote on party governance issues, pressure the eventual nominee on matters of personnel or policy, and react to unexpected developments at the Convention."
Yang sued the New York State Board of Elections last week, claiming the cancellation "fundamentally denie[d] [voters] the right to choose our next candidate for the office of President of the United States."
Arthur Schwartz, an attorney for plaintiffs in the case, called the decision an "extraordinary victory for the democratic process."
"This decision is not a win for Andrew Yang or Bernie Sanders. It is a win for democracy," Schwartz said in a statement. "And it is also a warning to President Trump not to mess around with our right to vote him out in November."
Schwartz and other counsel called on Jay Jacobs, the Chair of the New York State Democratic Committee, to not appeal the decision.
"I saw the opinion came down. I haven't read it yet and obviously from a policy point of view I disagree on it," Jacobs told The Post. "I'll have to review it."
A spokesman for the BOE declined to comment, saying its lawyers are reviewing the decision and considering options.
"I hope that the New York Board of Elections takes from this ruling a newfound appreciation of their role in safeguarding our democracy," Yang said in a statement. 
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