Lesniak v. Budzash

Appellant John L. Budzash appeals from a final decision of Daniel J. Dalton, Secretary of State of New Jersey, affirming the initial decision of the administrative law judge (ALJ), which invalidated the nomination petition by which appellant sought to run for the office of Governor in the Democratic Party primary election. We affirm.

The Secretary of State, upon receipt of the challenge by Raymond Lesniak, who asserted that the appellant’s petition lacked the requisite number of valid signatures, referred the matter to the Office of Administrative Law for disposition as a contested case. It…