Matter of King v. Cohen

This proceeding was brought under section 330 of the Election Law to procure a declaration of the invalidity of four independent nominating petitions that were filed with the Board of Elections of the City of New York in asserted compliance with section 137 of the statute. Each petition purported to nominate a candidate of the Liberal Party for a public office to be voted for at the general election of November 7,1944, and was questioned by the rival candidate of the American Labor Party. The Liberal Party is an “ independent body ”. The American Labor Party is a political “ party ”. (See…