Scheidlinger v. Power

By stipulation, the only question left for the court is the petitioner’s claim that the omission of the word “ then ” in the “ Statement of Witness ” appended to the designating petitions constitutes a vital defect. The “ Statement of Witness ” referred to is that prescribed hy statute (Election Law, § 135) to he made in substance hy subscribing witnesses to designating petitions. Its present form requires the witness to state where he “ now ” resides and in what election district such residence is located; the witness must state further in what year he “ was last registered for the general…