Legal Opinion
Ruffo v. Margolis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 2, 1978PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, Appeal entered December 21, 1977 in Broome County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to section 330 of the Election Law,* declared respondent Andrews the elected Sheriff of Broome County by a majority of 63 votes. The initial tally following the November 8, 1977 election gave the respondent Andrews a plurality of less than 100 votes over the petitioner Ruffo out of a total vote of about 57,000 ballots. The candidates inspected the voting machine tallies and found no discrepancies. On November 17, 1977 there was a meeting for the…
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