In re Dorgan

The opinion of the court was delivered

This case involves the election for the office of Mayor of the Borough of Palisades Park held in November 1964. The trial court ordered the election set aside. We certi*441fied the ensuing appeal before hearing in the Appellate Division.

The original tally and the tally on recount showed 3,112 votes for Michael Pollotta and 3,108 for William J. Dorgan. After trial on a complaint of illegal voting, the court found that four such votes were cast for Pollotta reducing the vote for him to 3,108, the same number recorded for Dorgan, but found that one absentee…