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The insurgent slate touted the fact that 16 co-chair candidates had qualified for the ballot by the Wednesday deadline in a press conference.

Over a dozen candidates are gathering signatures in an attempt to reduce the power of Yale unions over the Democratic Town Committee.

Abdussabur’s campaign presented a full list of petition signatures he argues were unfairly tossed out and demanded Connecticut amend its petition verification process at a press conference last week.

A state judge has dismissed mayoral challenger Shafiq Abdussabur’s lawsuit trying to press his way onto the Sept. 12 Democratic primary ballot — on the grounds that the first absentee ballots have already been cast, the election is therefore underway, and changing which candidates are participating now would run ​“the risk of voter confusion.”

Attorney for defendant calls the lawsuit a “fishing expedition” as the plaintiff rejects divisive Purcell principle.