UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ------X : PHILIP PIDOT, NANCY HAWKINS and : STEVEN AXELMAN, individually and as : representatives of eligible Republican Party voters : in Suffolk, Nassau and Counties within : New York’s Third Congressional District, : : Plaintiffs, : : v. : : Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-00859-FJS-CFH NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; :

SUFFOLK COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS; : DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF NASSAU COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS; : MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NEW : AMICUS CURIAE YORK; PETER KOSINSKI and DOUGLAS :

KELLNER, in their official capacities as : Commissioners and Co-Chairs of the New York : State Board of Elections; ANDREW J. SPANO and : GREGORY P. PETERSON, in their official : capacities as Commissioners of the New York State : Board of Elections; TODD D. VALENTINE and : ROBERT A. BREHM, in their official capacities as : Co-Executive Directors of the New York State : Board of Elections; and JACK MARTINS, : : Defendants. : ------X

Laurence Levy, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746(2) declares under penalty of perjury the following:

1. I am a shareholder with the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, attorneys for

Reserve Officers Association (“RAO”) in the above-captioned matter. As such, I am familiar with the facts and circumstances in this matter.

2. I submit this Declaration and the attached exhibits in support of RAO’s motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief.

ALB 1955463v1 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of RAO’s proposed amicus curiae brief.

4. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the New York State

Board of Election’s Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (“UOCAVA”)

Undue Hardship Waiver Request for the 2016 Third Congressional District General Election, dated August 22, 2016.

5. As set forth in detail in RAO’s Notice of Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae

Brief, RAO’s motion should be granted.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on

August 24, 2016.

______Laurence Levy

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