Two of New York’s minor political parties—the Working Families Party and Conservative Party—have dropped Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a defendant in their separate lawsuits over the future of fusion voting, which allows candidates to run on multiple ballot lines, saying the litigation will be resolved faster without him as a party.

In court papers filed in Niagara County Supreme Court on Tuesday, attorneys for both parties said they would discontinue their claims against Cuomo, who was one of several defendants in those suits.

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