| Disabled Sued NYS on
Absentee Voter Procedures Now State Says Fixed
But June 4 Deadline
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
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UK - Honduras
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 27 – Jose Hernandez lives
in The Bronx, and has a C-5
spinal cord injury with
limited movement of his hands.
He wants to
vote, but wants privacy. He
has sued the NYS Board of
Elections, whose Absentee
Voter system requires the use
of a pen or marker.
On May 22
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Lewis J. Liman held a
hearing in these. Inner City
Press covered it.
Judge
Liman asked how fast he would
have to rule. With the primary
upcoming in May, fast was the
answer. He set a schedule and
Inner City Press wrote that it
would continue to follow this
case. It has.
On May 29,
the Board of Elections argued
that all is fine, there is a
form on its web site(s).
Plaintiffs disagreed. After
lengthy argument, with Judge
Liman asking about the
difference between requesting
an absentee ballot - not by
Internet - and filling one
out, he ruled that the parties
should immediately confer and
file a letter by June 3. He
sent another conference for
the following day.
The case is
Hernandez, et al., v. NYS
Board of Elections, et al.,
20-cv-4003 (Liman).
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