King v. Board of Elections

In a proceeding, in effect, pursuant to Election Law § 16-104, inter alia, to direct the Board of Elections in the City of New York to include the petitioner’s name as a candidate on absentee ballots in a primary election to be held on September 15, 2009 for the nomination of the Democratic Party as its candidate for the public office of Member of the New York City Council, 45th Council District, and to reprint the absentee ballots, the Board of Elections in the City of New York appeals from a final order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schmidt, J.), dated September 3, 2009, which, among…