United Ossining Party v. Hayduk

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Under attack in this action is the recently enacted amendment of the New York Election Law, § 138-b, Chapter 1179 of the Laws of New York 1971, which became effective on July 6, 1971. It places certain restrictions on cross-endorsements of candidates for public office, i. e., the nomination and appearance on the ballot of a person as a candidate of both (1) a political party and (2) an independent group or body. The Election Law, § 2, defines a “party” as “any political organization which at the last preceding election for governor polled at least fifty thousand votes…