# Shaughnessy v. Herkimer County Board of Elections

> Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · September 21, 1984 · 104 A.D.2d 731

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5871328

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of Daniel C. Shaughnessy, Jr., an Aggrieved Candidate for Herkimer County Family Court Judge v. Herkimer County Board of Elections, and John Brykailo, Jr.
- **Court:** Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
- **Decided:** September 21, 1984
- **Citations:** 104 A.D.2d 731; 480 N.Y.S.2d 639; 1984 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 20159
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

— Order unanimously reversed, without costs, and petition dismissed. Memorandum: Special Term improperly validated five signatures on respondent’s designating petition. The failure of the signers of the designating petition to provide the “town or city” of residence is
*732 a fatal defect and renders the designating petition invalid (Matter of McKeever v Hornidge, 306 NY 876 ; Matter of Scamacca v Mahoney, 104 AD2d 730 ). (Appeals from order of Supreme Court, Oneida County, Inglehart, J. — Election Law.) Present — Dillon, P. J., Callahan, Doerr, Boomer and Moule, JJ. (Decided Aug. 27, 1984.)

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