In re Wise
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from an order of a justice of the Supreme Court, affirming the action of the board of elections of the city of M ew York.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
The members of the court are unanimously of the opinion that, for the purposes of selecting a name and an emblem for use. upon' the official ballot, the persons executing the certificates which are attacked in this proceeding are to be regarded as one and the same “independent body” within the meaning and intent of the Election Law. (See Laws of 1896, chap. 909, § 57, as amd. by Laws of 1901, chap. 654.)
To'adopt the contention of the appellant would be to hold that a large body of independent voters entertaining the same political views, appearing by this record to be acting in…
2Cited by1 opinion
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