Prestia v. O'Connor

This appeal presents the question of whether our holding in Rockefeller v. Powers, 78 F.3d 44 (2d Cir.1996) — that the freedoms of speech and association guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments were violated by New York’s signature requirement for petitions for access to 1996 Republican presidential primary ballots — applies to a numerically identical signature requirement for access to congressional primary ballots. Plaintiffs, who are members of the Conservative Party of New York State (“CP”), appeal pro se from the order and judgment of the United States District Court for the…