Sloan V. New York State Board of Elections Appellants Brief and Appendix Ca2 Case No. 14-3342

A case was initiated in the New York Supreme Court Albany County seeking to invalidate the New York State Board of Elections. It also sought to place candidates on the ballot after they had been deemed to have insufficient signatures by the New York State Board of Elections.This action was appealed to the New York State Appellate Division Third Department. Then an appeal was made to the New York Court of Appeals which did not hear the case.Thereafter, this case was brought to the United States District Court in Albany by voters whose constitutional election rights were denied to have their candidates on the ballot and by aggrieved candidates who were petitioners, as they are here.Questions PresentedDoes the New York State Board of Elections violate the United States Constitution and thus should be found unconstitutional and abolished and disbanded as it is presently constituted and a new election held with all candidates restored to the ballot?Statement of the CaseThe plaintiff-appellants are candidates for office or else are voters who support these candidates, who signed their petitions and want to vote for them for election. The candidates were on the ballot since July 8, 2014 but were thrown off at a meeting by the New York State Board of Elections on August 1, 2014.