MANHATTAN (CN) — In a win for New York’s elections board, and a loss for New York City mayoral candidate Jim Walden, the Second Circuit on Thursday upheld a state law banning the words “independence” and “independent” from ballot lines.
Walden, who’s running as an independent in the November race, challenged the law preventing him from naming his political party the “Independence Party.” He appealed after a federal judge upheld the law in April, but saw the same outcome at the circuit.
“We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion for a preliminary injunction,” U.S. Circuit Judge Eunice C. Lee, a Joe Biden appointee, wrote in Thursday’s panel ruling…