Corning v. Board of Elections

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lawrence E. Kahn, J.

Petitioners seek a judgment declaring that subdivision 2 of section 8-100 of the Election Law (as amd by L 1982, ch 97) is unconstitutional. They assert that it violates the equal protection clause of both the State and Federal Constitutions, as it applies to enrolled voters who would be eligible to vote in the primary election scheduled for September 23, 1982. The petition further seeks an order directing the Boards of Elections in said counties to keep the polls open for voting in the aforesaid primary election from the hours of 6:00 a.m. until 9:00…