Case Name: In the Matter of Loretta Richter et al., Appellants, v. Seymour R. Thaler, Respondent, and James M. Power et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1962-02-14
Citations: 15 A.D.2d 803
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Loretta Richter et al., Appellants, v. Seymour R. Thaler, Respondent, and James M. Power et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 803–803

Head Matter:
(February 14, 1962)
In the Matter of Loretta Richter et al., Appellants, v. Seymour R. Thaler, Respondent, and James M. Power et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, Respondents.

Opinion:
In our opinion, the failure to comply with the statute is fatal; such failure renders the petition a nullity. Ughetta, Kleinfeld and Hill, JJ., concur; Beldock, P. J., and Christ, J., dissent and vote to affirm the order with the following memorandum: It was within the discretion of the signers of the nominating petition to name a committee on vacancies. In the event they elected to do so, then such committee was required to be named in the form prescribed by the statute (Election Law, § 138). The failure to make such election, however, and the consequent omission to name a committee on vacancies, did not serve to invalidate the nominating petition (cf. Matter of Brennan v. Power, 307 N. Y. 818).