In re Appointment of Supervisors of Election

The requirement of section 2012 of the Revised Statutes is that the two supervisors of election, in each election district, “shall be of different political parties.” By section 2026 the chief supervisor of elections is required to receive the applications of all parties for appointment as supervisors of election, and to present such applications to the judge, and furnish information to him in respect to the appointment by the court of such supervisors of election. A question has now arisen as to who shall be appointed supervisors from the democratic party in the city of New York, at the…