Battista v. Power

The issue presented on this appeal concerns the form of the ballot as it will be presented to the voters in the City of New York on Election Day, November 2, 1965. As the ballot is now constituted pursuant to the decision of Special Term it consists of seven columns, lettered A to G-, inclusive. Four of these columns are allotted to political parties, three to political bodies, as those terms are used in section 248 of the Election Law. The Lindsay candidates (other than those for local offices) appear in the columns of the Republican and Liberal parties, the Beame candidates in that of the…