Round #1 to Hallenbeck

After about 40 minutes of lawyers preenting arguments, Judge McGrath ruled from the bench at about 11:15 am that Article 16 does not permit him to provide the remedy sought by the Haddad campaign. Some 32 ballots were at issue, 17 of them “carried” to permanently disabled voters by Linda Mussmann and Lyle Shook, despite provisions of the New York State Election Law indicating that such ballots cannot be handled by third parties—and must be mailed directly to voters confined to their homes (or nursing homes).