Rapkin v. Lomenzo

This is a reargument of a motion in a proceeding brought pursuant to section 330 of the Election Law and article 78 of the CPLR for the purpose of reviewing a determination of the Secretary of State in which the nominating petitions filed for an independent body, nominating the petitioner, were declared invalid for lack of the required number of valid signatures, and on the further ground that the certificate of acceptance filed by the petitioner was untimely.

This court, after the trial, found that the petitioner had validated sufficient signatures to his nominating petition to bring the…