Ryan v. Axelrod

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, dated October 24, 1979 in Albany County, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to section 16-102 of the Election Law, seeking to declare invalid the independent nominating petition nominating appellant as the candidate of the Responsive Government Party for the office of County Legislator in the Fifteenth Legislative District in the County of Albany in the November 6, 1979 general election. Although an independent nominating petition purporting to appoint as members of the committee to fill vacancies…