McNamara v. Heffernan

This is an application by an aggrieved candidate seeking (a) a recanvass of ballots on various grounds, (b) to void the nomination of his opponent as the nominee of the Liberal Party for the office of Member of Assembly in the Seventh Assembly District in this county and (c) a new election. So much of the application as seeks a recanvass of the vote and a new election is denied. There is no showing of any fraud or error in the canvass of the vote which would require or justify a recount. Mere closeness in the result is insufficient. The bills circularized by the respondent do not, in the…