It is a given that the Board of Elections is partisan. To protect party-favored candidates, creating unexpected rules and using lies and innuendos among 5 Republican and 5 Democrat Commissioners are to be expected.
My Democrat opponent, Joseph P. Abbabbo, filed We The People independent nominating petition. The Queens Clerks concluded that Addabbo had 2,812 valid signatures after having reviewed specifications filed against the petition.
Instead of writing up a Clerks’ Report showing my Democrat opponent lacks the required 3,000 signatures to get on the ballot, the Queens Commissioners decided not to have the Report done. See August 2 Hearing video 30 minutes in.
Even a Petition to Invalidate proceeding filed within 3 business days was considered too late according to the judge.