Court Opinion

ID: 5928487
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 04:57:38.714129+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:46:41.182367
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Boomer and Lowery, JJ. (dissenting).
The "opportunity to ballot” remedy fashioned in Matter of Hunting v Power (20 NY2d 680) should be used only in exceptional cases where the defects are technical in nature (Matter of Harden v Board of Elections, 74 NY2d 796). We disagree with the majority that the failure to file the certificate of authorization timely is a technical defect (see, Matter of Mundt v Lomenzo, 34 AD2d 1035; Byer, Election Law § 61 [1st ed]). (Appeal from order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Joslin, J.—Election Law.) Present—Callahan, J. P., Boomer, Balio, Davis and Lowery, JJ.