Plunkett v. Mahoney

Order modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: The Erie County Board of Elections properly invalidated the designating petition because the certificate of authorization was untimely filed (see, Matter of Fotopoulos v Board of Elections, 45 NY2d 807; cf., Matter of Grieco v Bader, 43 Misc 2d 245, affd 21 AD2d 751). Supreme Court erred, therefore, in authorizing the Committee on Vacancies to designate a substitute candidate.

Since the defect which required the invalidation was technical in nature, an "opportunity to ballot” is an…