Hannigan v. Heffernan

The petitioner, Patrick J. Hannigan, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Representative in Congress in the 18th Congressional District, seeks an order for a recanvass and re-examination of ballots in that district. His opponent, Vito Marcantonio, received 9,841 votes and” he received 9,276 votes, resulting in a plurality for Marcantonio of 565 votes.

There are 130 election districts in the 18th Congressional District. Charges of irregularities are limited to the conduct of the election in the sixty-four election districts which form the upper half of the Congressional District, and…