Clum v. Holmes

This is an application pursuant to section 330 of the Election Law by four candidates for the respective offices of mayor and trustees of the village of Saugerties, New York, for an order to declare the independent nominating petition of four rival candidates invalid upon two grounds, namely, that six of the signers thereof were not sworn in the manner required by statute and that the petition was not filed within the prescribed statutory time.

Saugerties is a village of the second class and as such, at least 75 signatures are required for a valid independent nominating petition. (Election…