Etkin v. Thalmann

— Per Curiam.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Kane, J.), entered September 21, 2001 in Sullivan County, which denied petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16-102, to declare valid the independent nominating petition naming petitioner as the Loyalty Party candidate for the *776office of Sullivan County Legislator, Ninth District, in the November 6, 2001 general election.

Within minutes of timely filing the independent nominating petition naming him as the Loyalty Party candidate for the office of Sullivan County Legislator, Ninth District, in the November…