Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The proceeding must be dismissed as jurisdictionally defective because the objector failed to join and serve a necessary party, that is, the other candidate whose name appears on the challenged petition (see, CPLR 1001 [a]; Matter of Miranda v Erie County Bd. of Elections,
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