27 A.D.2d 817 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1967
Order, entered March 3, 1967, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of substituting in lieu of subdivision (a) of the third decretal paragraph the following: “the final canvass of any election district wherein it is alleged that the voting machine figures were incorrectly copied or totaled.” As so modified, the order is affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. Subdivision 5 of section 330 of the Election Law provides for summary jurisdiction of the canvassing of returns. In part, it reads as follows: “ The supreme court is vested with jurisdiction to summarily determine any question of law or fact arising as to any of the subjects set forth in this section, which shall be construed liberally * * * 5. The canvass of returns by the state or a county or a city board of canvassers * * * and the court or justice may direct a recanvass or the correction of an error or the performance of any duty imposed by law on such a state, county, city or town board ”. Thereunder the court may direct a recanvass. There is no requirement of a protest. Subdivision 2 of section 274 states in substance that if upon such reeanvass it shall be found that the original canvass of the return has been incorrectly made, the board is required to make a statement in writing and file same, and the Supreme Court may direct the correction of an error or the per