In re Burns

The Honorable Charles P. Sullivan caused to be filed with the board of elections of the city of New York a designating petition containing 6,323 signatures, thereby placing his name on the Democratic primary ballot wherein he seeks to be one of the two candidates of that party for the office of County Judge of Queens County to be voted on in the coming November *1006election. After canvass by the board of elections, 2,204 of the signatures on the designating petition were found to be invalid for various reasons, leaving 4,119 valid signatures on the petition. The Election Law requires 2,500 valid…