Order unanimously reversed without costs, petition dismissed and designating petition validated.
Absent any allegation of fraud, falsification, or undue influence, the failure of a notary public to administer a formal oath to a party signing a designating petition is insufficient to overcome the presumption of regularity (see, Matter of La Mendola v Mahoney,
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