Stephens v. Heffernan

These are consolidated proceedings brought under section 330 of the Election Law to test the validity of a nominating petition designating Roderick Stephens, Jr., as a candidate of the No Deal Party for the office of Borough President of the Borough of The Bronx. The petition contained 6,662 purported signatures. The statute, section 137 of the Election Law, requires that an independent nominating petition for this office shall have at least 5,000. valid signatures. It is conceded by counsel for Stephens that 1,190 of the 6,662 signatures aforesaid are invalid for patent invalidities.

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