Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1980

Snape v. Sachs

Snape v. Sachs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 18, 1980 · Birns, Kupferman
75 A.D.2d 539; 430 N.Y.S.2d 252; 1980 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10936
Snape v. Sachs

Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, each entered on April 9, 1980, reversed, on the law, without costs and without disbursements, and the petition validated. In our view, a subscriber may sign petitions for as many candidates as there are vacancies for which he can vote. (See Matter of Gilmore v Kugler, 21 AD2d 293.) Concur—Fein, Sandler and Silverman, JJ.

Dissenting Opinion

Kupferman, J. P., and Birns, J.,

dissent and would affirm. The board of education and board of elections rule is a reasonable one in order to require a showing of substantial support for a candidate and in the interest of practicalities of administration, particularly in school board elections where there are neither parties nor slates.

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