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MTR. LICHTMAN v. BD. OF ELECTIONS

27 N.Y.2d 62 (1970)

In the Matter of Paul Lichtman, Respondent, v. Board of Elections of Nassau County et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Manning Miller for Nassau County Democratic Committee, appellant.

Morris H. Schneider, County Attorney, (Jerrold N. Cohen of counsel), for Board of Elections, Nassau County, appellant.

Jerome J. Silver for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL and GIBSON concur.

JASEN, J.

On this appeal we are asked to decide whether the Board of Elections has the power, after an election, to pass on the qualifications of candidates for public office.

The Nassau County Board of Elections refused to issue petitioner a certificate of election as Democratic Committeeman in the 16th Election District, 11th Assembly District, although he had received sufficient votes for election....

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