Aprea v. New York State Board of Elections

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court *1060(Teresi, J.), entered March 15, 2012 in Albany County, which, among other things, sua sponte dismissed the complaint.

In 2010, plaintiff Gerard Aprea submitted a Republican party designating petition for the position of “Committeeman” with the Greene County Board of Elections, which advised him that there were no vacancies on the county Republican committee. Aprea responded that his petition did not seek a position on the county committee or a town position, but sought the separate “elective office” of “Committeeman.” Also in 2010, plaintiff John…