The designating petition of appellant Backal, as a candidate for the office of Judge of the Surrogate's Court of Bronx County, was invalidated by the Supreme Court, after a hearing, because the petition was found to contain less than the 5,000 valid signatures minimally required under Election Law § 6-136 (2) (b) for an office to be filled by all the voters of a county within the City of New York.
Due to the unusual manner in which the office of Surrogate of...
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