Wolf v. Acito

Memorandum. We conclude that the State Board of Elections acted erroneously in the manner of conducting the drawing requested by petitioner because, in the nature of the drawing chosen, petitioner bore an unequal risk of obtaining an unfavorable position of the ballot. The board, of course, had to take into account the mechanical limitations of the voting machine, and hence could not place petitioner’s name in column 2. At least Special Term’s method proposed no unfair weighting on any of the candidates. While we agree with the Appellate Division’s conclusion that the State board did not…