Case Name: In the Matter of Marland Jeffries, Appellant, v. Anthony Sadowski et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1978-08-24
Citations: 64 A.D.2d 938
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Marland Jeffries, Appellant, v Anthony Sadowski et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 64
Pages: 938–938

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Marland Jeffries, Appellant, v Anthony Sadowski et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
—In a proceeding to validate petitions designating the petitioner as a candidate in the Democratic Party primary election to be held on September 12, 1978, for the public office of State Assemblyman from the 53rd Assembly District, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated August 21, 1978, which, inter alia, declared the petitions to be invalid. Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs or disbursements, petitioner's application granted and the Board of Elections is directed to place the name of the petitioner on the appropriate ballot. Our examination of the original designating petitions satisfies us that the alleged alterations, indicated in the referee's report, with regard to the election districts listed next to two signatures on Sheets 8 and 71, did not constitute improprieties (see Matter of McShane v Coveney, 37 NY2d 789, 791). The addition of these two signatures to the 498 signatures which Special Term found to be valid gives the petitioner the necessary 500 signatures to validate his petition. Mollen, P. J., Hopkins, Damiani, Shapiro and O'Connor, JJ., concur.