MATTER OF FERRARO v. Power

Subdivision 2 of rule III of the Democratic County Committee Rules of Queens provides that ‘ ‘ Members of the County Committee of each election district shall be equally divided as far as practicable between the sexes.” This becomes a mandatory requirement under section 1 of article XIII of the Constitution and section 12 of the Election Law, which requires that, in event of such a rule, “ the designating petitions and primary ballots shall carry such party positions separately by sexes.” The latter provision in section 12 of the Election Law, along with the prior direction therein contained…