Erie County Board of Elections certifies November ballot without Byron Brown's name

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https://www.wbfo.org/politics/2021-09-17/erie-county-board-of-election-certifies-november-ballot

Erie County Board of Elections certifies November ballot without Byron Brown's name
WBFO-FM 88.7 | By Thomas O'Neil-White
Published September 17, 2021 at 5:30 PM EDT

After weeks of uncertainty, the Erie County Board of Elections formally certified its November ballot on Friday — without Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown's name on it.

Officially, Brown is off the ballot after his push to run on an independent line, the Buffalo Party, was dealt serious blows in both state and federal court on Thursday. A federal appeals court in Manhattan issued a stay on an earlier ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Frank Sinatra that ordered the county Board of Elections to place Brown on the ballot, while the state appeals court in Rochester reversed a similar order by state Justice Paul Wojtaszek.

Brown missed the state’s independent nominating petition deadline by several months, but Sinatra and Wojtaszek had ruled the deadline was unfair to independent candidates.

Brown and others can still run as write-in candidates, but Brown’s Democratic primary opponent, India Walton, for now, is the only candidate on the ballot.