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Matter of Shaffer v. Norris

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Sep 29, 2000
275 A.D.2d 881 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

August 23, 2000.

September 29, 2000.

Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Niagara County, Koshian, J. — Election Law.

PRESENT: PINE, J. P., HAYES, HURLBUTT, SCUDDER AND KEHOE, JJ.


Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

Petitioners appeal from an order denying , inter alia, their petition to invalidate the designating petition of respondent Francine DelMonte as a Democratic Party candidate for the New York State Assembly, 138th District. We reject petitioners ' contention that DelMonte's designating petition failed to identify and adequately describe the office for which DelMonte is running. Here, DelMonte's description of the office "is `sufficiently informative * * * so as to preclude any reasonable probability of confusing or deceiving the signer, voters or board of elections'" ( Matter of Liepshutz v. Palmateer, 112 A.D.2d 1101, 1101-1102, affd 65 N.Y.2d 965, quoting Matter of Donnelly v. McNab, 83 A.D.2d 896, lv denied 54 N.Y.2d 603; see also, Matter of Ciccotti v. Havel, 186 A.D.2d 979, lv denied 80 N.Y.2d 754).


Summaries of

Matter of Shaffer v. Norris

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Sep 29, 2000
275 A.D.2d 881 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Matter of Shaffer v. Norris

Case Details

Full title:MATTER OF BRIAN SHAFFER AND SOPHIE ILLIG, PETITIONERS-APPELLANTS, v…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Sep 29, 2000

Citations

275 A.D.2d 881 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
718 N.Y.S.2d 246

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