258 A.D. 746 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1939
Appeal from order denying the petitioner’s application for an order declaring valid and legally effective the nominating petition of Thomas Nunley as a candidate of the American Labor party for the office of councilman of the city of New York, borough of Richmond, and directing and requiring the board of elections of the city of New York to place and print the name of said Thomas Nunley and alongside thereof the party name “ American Labor Party ” upon the official couneilmanie ballots, and for other relief. The total number of signers of the petition is 2,611. It is conceded that 434 thereof have been properly rejected by the board of elections, leaving a balance of 2,177. If, therefore, more than 177 of the latter number are eliminated, then there would be less than the required 2,000, and the order will have to be affirmed. This court holds that 176 signatures are invalid because they contain initials of the given name instead of the full name of the signer, as required by section 135