MATTER OF MONROE v. New York State Bd. of Elections

The Judicial Convention of the Conservative Party for the Third Judicial District was convened on September 14, 1974. Mr. Justice Staley and Mr. Murray were duly nominated for designation as candidate of the Conservative Party for election as Justice of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial District.

A motion was adopted with but a single dissenting vote that a first ballot be taken in three categories: for Mr. Justice Staley, for Mr. Murray, and for no designation of any candidate, with the added provision that if there were no majority in any category on the first ballot a second ballot…