Progno v. Monroe County Election Commissioners

We find sufficient facts alleged in the petition and annexed affidavits that should have moved Special Term to grant affirmative relief. It appears therefrom that some 66 persons alleged by those persons to be residents of a nursing home at 179 Lake Avenue in the City of Rochester have applied for and received absentee ballots. Some 62 thereof have been returned to the Board of Elections. It is further alleged that the required affidavit on the reverse side of the envelope in which the ballot is enclosed (Election Law, § 121) has not been signed by 28 of the voters. In place thereof the voter…