Matter of Torchin v. Cohen

The county committee of the American Labor Party was elected on September 16, 1941. The Election Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 17) provides that “ a vacancy in a nomination made at a fall primary * * * may be filled by a majority of a quorum of the members of the county committee or committees last elected * * * or by a majority of such other committee as the rules of the party may provide.” (§ 139.) The rules of the party provide that all nominations to fill vacancies in nomination for public elective office or to fill vacancies in public elective office which may be made by any party committee…