Matter of Mertz v. Bradshaw

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Versaci, J.), entered August 5, 2015 in Schenectady County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16-102, to declare invalid the designating petitions naming respondent James Bradshaw as the Republican Party, Independence Party and Green Party candidate for the public office of Town Justice of the Town of Rotterdam in the September 10, 2015 primary election.

Respondent James Bradshaw filed designating petitions with the Schenectady County Board of Elections seeking to be nominated as the Republican Party,…