Order reversed, without costs, and proceeding remitted to Special Term for a hearing and a new determination in accordance with the views expressed herein.
While the failure to timely file a certificate of acceptance or declination of a nomination as required by subdivision 15 of section 149-a of the Election Law is a fatal defect and the court has no discretionary power to excuse such defect (Election Law, § 143, subd. 12; Matter of Monroe v. Lomenzo...
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