Walsh v. Boyle
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeals by the relator, John L. Walsh, and by the intervenors, Republican County Committee of the County of New York and another, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of August, 1917, denying in part an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus compelling the board of elections to print the names of candidates for certain judicial offices on the official…
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Appeals by the relator, John L. Walsh, and by the intervenors, Republican County Committee of the County of New York and another, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of August, 1917, denying in part an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus compelling the board of elections to print the names of candidates for certain judicial offices on the official ballot for the coming general election in a certain specified way.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, P. J.:
Section 331 of the Election Law provides generally for the printing of an official ballot. Subdivision 3 of that section has special reference to ballots for general officers.
“ 3. Ballots for general officers. The names of all candidates for any one office shall be printed in a separate section, and the sections shall be in the customary order of the offices and shall be numbered from one upward by a numeral printed in the upper right hand corner of the section. The names of candidates shall be printed in their appropriate section in such order as the board of elections may…
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