Ryan v. Cortwright

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward M. O’Gorman, J.

Petitioners, pursuant to section 6-164 of the Election Law, filed a petition with the Board of Elections of the County of Orange on August 3, 1978, requesting an opportunity to write in the name of a candidate for the office of Assemblyman in the 97th Assembly District of the State of New York, so that they might vote by write-in ballot in the primary election for nomination to such office to be held on September 12, 1978. The Board of Elections, on August 8, 1978, notified petitioners in writing that said petition which had been thus filed "does not…