Doherty v. Mahoney

In the September 8, 1977 primary in the City of Buffalo, seven candidates competed for nominations by the Democratic Party for three councilman-at-large positions. The official canvass resulted in the following tally: Arthur 29,621; Okoniewski 22,647; Bellamy 20,835; Doherty 20,611; Voskerichian 13,381; Iraci 12,355; and Vanderlip 8,969.

Candidate Doherty, who received the fourth highest number of votes, instituted this proceeding pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 330 of the Election Law seeking a new primary election on the ground that the primary had been characterized by such…