In re Taylor

There is a failure in the petition to allege that the citizen elector bringing this proceeding had filed the objection required by section 142 of the Election Law. This is a jurisdictional prerequisite to the right of petitioner to institute this proceeding. (Election Law, § 330, subd. 2.) We are constrained, therefore, to dismiss it.

Matters relating to the construction of the special statute providing for non-partisan primaries and elections in the city of *113Watertown have been elaborately argued, and despite the lack of jurisdiction, we have decided to state our views in respect to the…