The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs.
The Election Law mandates, in clear and unequivocal terms, that "[a] write-in ballot must be cast in its appropriate place on the machine, or it shall be void and not counted." (Election Law, § 8-308, subd 4.) Here, it was error for Supreme Court to validate a write-in ballot for the office of Common Council when such ballot was...
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