MATTER OF BRAXTON v. MAHONEY


63 N.Y.2d 691 (1984)

In the Matter of Clifford Braxton, Respondent, v. Edward J. Mahoney et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the County of Erie, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided August 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene F. Pigott, Jr., County Attorney (Roger D. Avent of counsel), for appellants.

James E. Crotty for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur in memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the petition to validate dismissed. The requirements of subdivision 2 of section 6-134 of the Election Law that the sheets of a designating petition be bound together in one or more volumes and the sheets in each volume be numbered consecutively at the foot of each sheet are requirements of content rather than form (see Matter of Frome...

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