MATTER OF LEONARD v. PRADHAN


286 A.D.2d 459 (2001)

729 N.Y.S.2d 523

In the Matter of PENNY LEONARD, Appellant, v. VIJAYENDRANATH P. PRADHAN et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided August 22, 2001.


Ordered that the final order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition is granted, the designating petition is invalidated, and the matter is remitted to the Rockland County Board of Elections to remove the name of Vijayendranath P. Pradhan from the appropriate ballot.

As a general rule, where it is shown by clear and convincing evidence, "a candidate's designating petition will be invalidated on the ground that some signatures have been...

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