David Orkin, the immigrant rights’ attorney challenging Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar with the support of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, is accusing Rajkumar’s campaign of election fraud and filed a lawsuit in state court on Thursday seeking to have her thrown off the ballot.
State law requires that Assembly candidates submit at least 500 valid petition signatures from registered Democratic voters who live in the district in order to get on the Democratic primary ballot. On March 30, Rajkumar submitted over 2,500 signatures – more than five times the required amount, all but guaranteeing her place on the ballot in the district spanning Ridgewood, Glendale and Woodhaven. (For his part, Orkin submitted more than 1,950 petition signatures by March 31.)
When volunteers on Orkin’s campaign began reviewing Rajkumar’s petitions, they discovered something strange – one…
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