Ruiz v. McKenna

In this proceeding, Israel Ruiz, Jr., challenges the validity of the petition designating Eugene R. McKenna as a candidate for the State Senate, 31st Senatorial District, Bronx County, in the Democratic primary. McKenna obtained 2,570 signatures, of which the Board of Elections invalidated 1514. Since there remained 1,056 valid signatures, satisfying the statutory requirement of 1,000 (Election Law, § 136, subd 6, par [h]), the board validated McKenna’s petition. A referee struck two additional signatures, but sustained the *817balance, principally upon the ground that McKenna had not committed…