Hargett v. Jefferson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, the petitions to invalidate granted and the petition to validate dismissed.

Anna Jefferson submitted a designating petition for the office of State Senator and she and Stanley E. Clark submitted a designating petition together for positions on the Democratic State Committee. In both instances, the cover sheets accompanying the petitions contained all the information required by the Election Law (§ 6-134, subd 2) *698except that they overstated the total number of signatures. In the petition for…