Staber v. Fidler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Each of these three matters presents the issue of whether miniscule inaccuracies in the numerical statement contained in the cover sheet of a designating petition automatically requires the invalidation of the petition. The objectors on these appeals rely principally on the case of Matter of Hargett v Jefferson (63 NY2d 696), decided last year, in which the respective cover *39sheets stated that the designating petitions contained 5,074 and 3,325 signatures, respectively, while the actual numbers were 3,831 and 2,083, respectively, resulting in overstatements of 1,243 and…
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