McManus v. Board of Elections

"The petitioner, a resident of the county of New York, alleges that from March 4, 1942, until July '21, 1945, he was on active military duty in the Army of the "United States. From December 12, 1942, up to and including July 2, 1945, his "military activities were performed beyond the continental limits of the United States. In the general election of 1944 he voted by war ballot mailed from Italy, presumably pursuant to article 12 of the Election Law. The petitioner asserts that prior to his induction into the military service, he had enrolled regularly in the Democratic Party and had voted…