In re Whitman

Aggrieved by what he believes was unjustified, arbitrary and illegal conduct on the part of the board of elections in rejecting his designating petitions, the suppliant herein invokes this court to compel the said board in pursuance of section 330 of the Election Law of this State to accept for filing said designating petitions so that he may stand as a candidate in the .primary election of the Democratic party of New York city for the office of Congressman in the Seventeenth Congressional district. Combating his plea the board asserts that the rejection was justified because the method of…