Smith v. Board of Elections

The motion is one by petitioner, Edgar A. Smith, a resident and qualified voter in the fourth ward of the city of Schenectady, New York, for the court to determine and declare a certificate, which certificate was filed with the board of elections, Schenectady County July 9, 1949, designating him as the regular Republican nominee for the office of supervisor of the fourth ward of the city of Schenectady on the Republican primary ballot is valid and that a certificate filed August 4, 1949, with the board of elections of Schenectady County designating Joseph Coppola as the Republican nominee for…