Antisdel v. Tioga County Board of Elections

Paul J. Yesawich, Jr., J.

At a general election held on November 4, 1975 in the Town of Barton, Tioga County, the count on the voting machine in Election District No. 5, in the race for councilman, showed a six-vote plurality in favor of defendant Merrill and, in an assessor’s race, a two-vote plurality in favor of defendant Bush. Plaintiffs, Hotchkiss and Keene, the unsuccessful candidates for those offices, allege that during the voting the paper strip or tab bearing the candidates’ names on row B had shifted one space to the right and as a result voters attempting to vote for candidates on…