The Court Fight
While voters cast ballots, the major parties waged legal war in Mineola, and later in Brooklyn, over what instructions should go to elecitons inspectors at poll sites.
Late Monday, Nassau County Attorney Lorna Goodman issued a letter and later got a court order directing election commissioners to circulate the communication warning inspectors against routinely seeking identification from voters, except for those casting ballots for the first time.
Republicans went to court this morning, and got state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Phelan to dismiss the Democrats' case and ordered a new letter sent out to inspectors, telling them to rely on the "Reference Guide for Inspectors," and on an oath that should be administered to voters whose qualifications are challenged. A person who refuses to take the oath can be denied the right to vote.
Rick Brand
By mid-afternoon, the Democratic elections commissioner, William Biamonte, filed a notice of claim to challenge Phelan's ruling. Because Biamonte is a public official, the legal manuever stays the impact of Phelan's decision.
That sends the epublicans then went to the appellate division in Brooklyn in an effort to challenge the Democrats' ploy.
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I spoke with a friend of mine in the Nassau Police Department who told me that they arrested a Craig Johnson campaign worker after he approached a young teenage girl in New Hyde Park. Apparently, he was from out-of-state and came in to walk door-to-door for Craig Johnson's State Senate campaign.