Case Name: In the Matter of William F. Sheehan et al., Appellants, v. William Aylward et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1981-10-21
Citations: 54 N.Y.2d 934
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of William F. Sheehan et al., Appellants, v William Aylward et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 54
Pages: 934–936

Head Matter:
In the Matter of William F. Sheehan et al., Appellants, v William Aylward et al., Respondents.
Argued October 20, 1981;
decided October 21, 1981
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Thomas J. Spargo for appellants.
Thomas A. Breslin for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as is appealed from, should be affirmed, without costs.
We agree with the court below that the failure to include a separate column in which the signers could indicate their town did not render the nominating petitions invalid with respect to the judicial candidates. Inasmuch as each signer listed his present address under the column headed "Town of Guilderland Residence", all of the information required by subdivision 1 of section 6-130 of the Election Law appeared on the petitions. The failure to include a separate column in which the signers individually could list their town is, in our view, merely a deviation from the statutorily recommended form of the petition, not its prescribed content. As such, strict compliance with the requirements of the Election Law is not mandated. (Election Law, § 6-140, subd 1; see Matter of Ryan v Board of Elections of City of N. Y., 53 NY2d 515; Matter of Hutson v Bass, 54 NY2d 772; Matter of Alamo v Black, 51 NY2d 716.)
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer concur.
Order, insofar as appealed from, affirmed, without costs, in a memorandum.