Walsh v. Rudnicki

*79OPINION OF THE COURT

Thomas P. Flaherty, J.

Petitioner seeks an order invalidating the Independent Party nominating petitions of the individual respondents who are candidates for nomination of the Independent Party to various town offices in the Town of West Seneca, located in the County of Erie.

Petitioner maintains that such nominating petitions violate Election Law § 6-138 (3), which in pertinent part provides: "The name selected for the independent body making the nomination shall be in English characters and shall not include the name or part of the name or an abbreviation of the name or…