Matter of Hogan v. Supreme Court

Section 330 of the Election Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 17) vests the Supreme Court with jurisdiction summarily to determine, among other things, any question of law or fact arising as to, “ Protested, wholly blank or void ballots shown upon the statement of the canvass in any election district or districts * * * ” (Subd. 4). This power is to be exercised in a proceeding instituted in the manner and within the time prescribed by the statute, “ and the court or justice may direct a recanvass, or the correction of any error in the canvass, of such ballots * *

At the general election of November, 1939,…