Belford v. Board of Elections

In this proceeding under section 330 of the Election Law, petitioner, the candidate of the Clean Government party for the position of City Court Judge of the City of Long Beach, seeks to have the arrangement of the voting machine format, proposed to be used by the Board of Elections, altered, so that his opponent will not appear on the ballot on a separate line of the United City party, another independent body.

It is said that section 248 of the Election Law requires such a revision. It is fair to say that a literal reading of the section could lead to such a result.

Judge Glantz is the…