Dalton v. Wayne County Board of Elections

*818Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Wayne County (John J. Ark, J.), entered August 11, 2009 in a proceeding pursuant to Election Law article 16. The order dismissed the petition.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the petition is granted, the designating petitions are validated, and respondent Wayne County Board of Elections is directed to place petitioner’s name on the ballot as a candidate for election to the office of Sheriff of Wayne County for the Republican primary to be held September 15, 2009.

Memorandum:…