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PEO EX REL WOODSIDE v. BD ELEC

88 Misc.2d 696 (1976)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Kevin Woodside, Petitioner, v. Board of Inspectors of Election of the 56th Election District of the Town of Hempstead, Assembly District No. 18, Nassau County, Respondents. The People of the State of New York ex rel. Lawrence Talt, Petitioner, v. Board of Inspectors of Election of the 69th Election District of the Town of Hempstead, Assembly District No. 21, Nassau County, Respondents.

Supreme Court, Nassau County.

November 12, 1976

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Woodside and another, petitioners pro se. John P. Cleary for Isabel Dodd, Commissioner of Elections, respondent. Marvin Zevin for Stanley Harwood, Commissioner of Elections, respondent.

BERTRAM HARNETT, J.

It is Election Day, 1976, the general elections for the presidency, and the polling places are open from 6:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. (Election Law, § 191, subd 2).

Suppose a qualified voter appears timely at his local polling place and is unlawfully denied the right to vote by the elections officials presiding there. Suppose, too, he is then referred to the County Board of Elections in Mineola, and before 9:00 P.M. his right...

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