MATTER OF DAVIS v. Bd. of Elections

On September 9, 1958 an independent nominating petition, nominating appellant Benjamin J. Davis for the office of State Senator, 21st Senatorial District, was filed in the office of the Board of Elections of the City of New York. There were 5,988 signatories to this nominating petition, and this group adopted the name of Peoples Bights Party. Subsequently, and as a result of written objections filed with it, the Board of Elections found that 3,580 of the signatories had not registered at the time of the last preceding general election. Additional signatures, not involved here, were found…