Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Clarence Penney, Respondent, a Registered Voter of the County of Suffolk, for an Order Directing John Walkman and Others, as Inspectors of Election for the Twenty-ninth Election District in the Town of Brookhaven, Appellants, to Reconvene on Saturday, October Twenty-sixth, for the Purpose of Striking Off Certain Names from the Register, and Others, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1935-10
Citations: 246 A.D. 562
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Clarence Penney, Respondent, a Registered Voter of the County of Suffolk, for an Order Directing John Walkman and Others, as Inspectors of Election for the Twenty-ninth Election District in the Town of Brookhaven, Appellants, to Reconvene on Saturday, October Twenty-sixth, for the Purpose of Striking Off Certain Names from the Register, and Others, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 246
Pages: 562–562

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Clarence Penney, Respondent, a Registered Voter of the County of Suffolk, for an Order Directing John Walkman and Others, as Inspectors of Election for the Twenty-ninth Election District in the Town of Brookhaven, Appellants, to Reconvene on Saturday, October Twenty-sixth, for the Purpose of Striking Off Certain Names from the Register, and Others, Appellants.

Opinion:
Order of the County Court of Suffolk county granting motion to direct the inspectors of the board of elections of the twenty-ninth election district, town of Brookhaven, Suffolk county, to reconvene for the purpose of striking certain names from the registration books and records reversed on the law and the facts and motion denied, without costs. The record discloses no adequate investigation of the registrants pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 3 of section 331 of the Election Law. Ample opportunity to prevent fraudulent voting remains and may be exercised by challenging the voter on election day in the event that he is not a bona fide resident and legally entitled to vote. Hagarty, Carswell and Johnston, JJ., concur; Lazansky, P. J., concurs upon the ground that a registrant may not be deprived of his right to vote without notice to strike Ms name from the registry of voters. (Matter of 4th Elec. Dist. of 3d Ward, Albany, 239 App. Div. 135.) Davis, J., not voting.