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KERMANI v. NEW YORK STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 1:06-CV-0589 (LEK/DRH).

487 F.Supp.2d 101 (2006)

Peter KERMANI, as Chairman of the Albany County Republican Party and the Albany County Republican Committee, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; Neil W. Kelleher (in his official capacity as a Commissioner of the New York State Board of Elections); Douglas A. Kellner (in his official capacity as a Commissioner of the New York State Board of Elections); Evelyn J. Aquila (in her official capacity as a Commissioner of the New York State Board of Elections); and Helena Moses Donohue (in her official capacity as a Commissioner of the New York State Board of Elections), Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

July 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Marcelle, Office of Thomas Marcelle, Albany, NY, for Plaintiff.

Albany County Republican Committee, pro se.

William J. McCann, Jr., New York State Board of Elections, Albany, NY, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER1

KAHN, District Judge.

I. Background

A. Brief History

[F]inancing elections with private money was a part of American politics before the states even united. In a 1757 race for a seat at Virginia's House of Burgess, a fresh-faced ex-lieutenant named George Washington "provided his friends with the customary means of winning votes,'" delivering a quart and a...

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