Stoppenbach v. Sweeney

—Per Curiam.

Petitioner commenced this proceeding challenging the sufficiency of the designating petition naming respondent John E. Sweeney (hereinafter respondent) as the Independence Party candidate for Member of Congress for the 20th Congressional District in this year’s primary election. Supreme Court ruled in favor of petitioner, finding 69 of the 616 signatures on respondent’s designating petition to be invalid and leaving respondent with 547 valid signatures compared with the required 591 (see Election Law § 6-136).

On these cross appeals,* the parties focus on the signatures that…