Hill v. New York State Board of Elections

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Doyle, J.), entered October 17, 2005 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to *958Election Law § 16-102, to declare invalid the certificate of substitution naming respondent Michael C. Lynch as the Independence Party candidate for the office of Supreme Court Justice for the Third Judicial District in the November 8, 2005 general election.

Following the Independence Party judicial convention in September 2005, respondent Chris F. Hummel was named as one of that party’s candidates for the office of Supreme…