Cook v. Zelazny

Order unanimously reversed, without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum: Appellants are candidates for the Liberty Party nomination for the respective offices of Supervisor, Councilman and Superintendent of Highways in the Town of Shelby, Orleans County. In a proceeding commenced in Supreme Court pursuant to section 330 of the Election Law, the court determined that the failure to state the name of the town was a jurisdictional impediment which constituted a fatal defect and declared their independent nominating petition invalid and restrained the Board of Elections of Orleans…