Fulani v. Smith

Appeals from two orders of the Supreme Court (Cardona, J.), entered March 12, 1992 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioners’ applications, in six proceedings pursuant to Election Law § 16-102, to declare invalid the designating petitions naming respondents Paul E. Tsongas and Edmund G. Brown, Jr. as Democratic Party candidates for the office of President of the United States in the April 7, 1992 primary election.

Respondents Paul E. Tsongas and Edmund G. Brown, Jr. each separately filed a designating petition with the State Board of Elections (hereinafter Board) naming them as Democratic…