Davidson v. Eastman

Memorandum. We construe the ultimate objective of these three proceedings to be to strike the designations of three candidates. The procedure to accomplish this objective is to be found in subdivision 1 of section 330 of the Election Law.

The particular defect on the basis of which the challenge here is grounded is failure to file the required authorizations under subdivision 4 of section 137 of the Election Law. The statute mandated such filing on July 19. Even if challengers were to be allowed a reasonable time thereafter within which to discover such omissions, the 14-day statutory period…