Haas v. Costigan

The nominating petition contains 1,431 signatures. The Special Term struck out 502 of such signatures, leaving a balance of 929. This is 367 more *810than the 502 valid signatures concededly needed for the nomination. The elimination of the 502 signatures was due to various gross irregularities and fraudulent practices, to wit: to nongenuine or false signatures, duplication of signatures, nonregistration as voters, incorrect names and addresses, the witnessing by the subscribing witnesses of their own signatures, and the signing of a prior petition of the Democratic party nominating the same…