Matter of O'Rourke v. Cohen

For twelve years the practice has been sanctioned by the Board of Elections of New York city that where a nominee for office came from a territorial district or division wholly within a county, not less than 1,500 names of qualified voters were necessary for nomination by independent petition. This was in accordance with the amendment to the Election Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 17, § 137, subd. 4) in 1922. This section reads: “ An independent nominating petition for candidates to be voted for by all the voters of the state must be signed by at least twelve thousand voters, of whom at least fifty…