Legal Opinion
Independence Party State Committee v. New York State Board of Elections
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 22, 2002PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Per Curiam.
*460This appeal involves the interplay between Election Law § 6-104 (2) and § 6-120 (3), commonly known as the WilsonPakula Law, as they relate to a political party’s designation of a candidate for statewide office who is not an enrolled member of that party. Under Election Law § 6-104 (2), all of those receiving 25% or more of the vote cast on any ballot of the party’s State Committee shall have the right to make written demand to respondent State Board of Elections (hereinafter the Board) that their names appear on the primary ballot as candidates for nomination. At the same time,…
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