Opinion
2002-07542
Argued August 20, 2002
August 22, 2002
In a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16-102, inter alia, to invalidate a petition designating Sam D. Walker as a candidate in a primary election to be held on September 10, 2002, for the nomination of the Independence Party as its candidate for the public office of Judge of the County Court, Westchester County, the petitioners appeal from a final order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Weiner, J.), dated August 15, 2002, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., ANITA R. FLORIO, CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, WILLIAM F. MASTRO, JJ.
ORDERED that the final order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Substantial compliance is acceptable as to details of form in a cover sheet to a designating petition. Here, the cover sheet as it related to Sam D. Walker substantially complied with the requirements of the Election Law and the regulations of the New York State Board of Elections (see Election Law § 6-134; 9 NYCRR 6215.6[a]; see also Matter of Ardesia v. Seidel, 242 A.D.2d 343; Matter of Fromson v. Lefever, 112 A.D.2d 1064, 1065, affd sub nom Matter of Barrett v. Scaringe, 65 N.Y.2d 946; Matter of Quintyne v. Canary, 104 A.D.2d 473, 474).
SANTUCCI, J.P., FLORIO, O'BRIEN, LUCIANO and MASTRO, JJ., concur.