Verity v. Cristenfeld

Petitioner, the chairman of the Nassau County Conservative Committee, seeks an order of this court pursuant to section 330 of the Election Law restoring the name of Vincent DeMeo to the ballot on Election Day, 1972, as the Conservative Party candidate for member of the New York State Assembly, Fourteenth Assembly District, Nassau County, on the ground that the respondents improperly struck the designating petition of said party and candidate as being insufficient *311due to a lack of the required number of signatures. It is conceded that 44 signatures were needed; 74 were obtained; and the Board…