Matter of Ottinger v. Voorhis

Hiscock, Ch. J.

The Legislature, apparently thinking that the use of voting machines in the city of New York would tend to reduce expenses, eliminate errors and prevent frauds of and in elections held in that city, attempted in 1921 to adopt legislation providing for their installation there as well as other places. This proceeding has been instituted to compel the defendants to carry out such legislative purpose by adopting for use in elections in New York city some kind of voting machines, it being claimed that they have failed to discharge their duties in that respect and are now in a…