A judge declined to invalidate the nominating petitions of a Republican congressional primary candidate because two of the 1,885 signatures he collected were made by people holding power of attorney over the voters they signed for and not by the voters themselves.
Acting Albany Supreme Court Justice Richard Platkin said in Fatata v. Phillips, 1821-16, that state election laws dealing with disqualifying fraudulent voter signatures require “clear and convincing proof” that candidates “knowingly and intentionally” made a false attestation to the accuracy of their petitions.
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