SPECIFICATIONS TO
OBJECTIONS
To the board of elections state of new york:
WHEREAS, the
undersigned, DORIS L. SASSOWER, a duly enrolled member of the
Democratic Party, registered to vote for the office of Justice of
the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Ninth Judicial District,
being a duly qualified voter of the said Ninth Judicial District,
which includes Westchester County, New York, did heretofore, on
September 30, 2005, file with the Board of Elections of the State of
New York Objections to the Nominating Certificate filed on September
29, 2005 in the office of the Board of Elections of the State of New
York purporting to nominate WILLIAM A. KELLY, of New City, LEWIS
LUBELL of Ardsley, JONATHAN LIPPMAN of Rye Brook, and JOSEPH S.
ALESSANDRO of Thornwood, as the four (4) candidates of the
Democratic Party for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court of
the State of New York, Ninth Judicial District, to be voted upon at
the General Election to be held on November 8th 2005;
NOW, THEREFORE,
the undersigned, pursuant to § 6-154 of the Election Law of the
State of New York and other provisions of law applicable thereto, do
hereby specify the following as grounds of her objections to said
Certificate:
- The Certificate of Nominations made by the Ninth Judicial
District Convention of the Democratic Party executed by the
Temporary Chairman, Reginald LaFayette is inaccurate, defective,
invalid, illegal, null and void, and not in compliance with the
requirements of law in that the transaction of business at the
Convention was not conducted at the time and place therein
described, with a duly elected Permanent Chairman and duly
elected Permanent Secretary presiding, and the individuals
purporting to have been nominated for the office of Justice of
Supreme Court of the State of New York, Ninth Judicial District
were not duly nominated as candidates for election to said
public office.
- The Delegates and Alternate Delegates who voted for
candidates LIPPMAN, ALESSANDRO, KELLY, and LUBELL at said
Convention participated therein and cast their votes for the
election thereof, in accord and compliance with, and in
furtherance of, the illegal contract entered into in 2005 in
violation of §17-158 of the Election Law (“Corrupt Use of
Position and Authority”) by REGINALD LAFAYETTE, Chair of the
Westchester County Democratic Committee and ROSEMARIE PANIO,
Chair of the Westchester County Republican Committee, as set
forth in the Objections referred to on page 1 hereinabove.
- The Delegates and Alternate Delegates who attended,
participated in, and voted at the Convention were selected by
REGINALD LAFAYETTE to be elected to the position of Delegates
and Alternate Delegates, after having procured promises,
expressed or implied, from said Delegates and Alternate
Delegates that, when attending the Convention, they would not
form or exercise their independent opinions and judgments at
said Convention, but, in fact, and, instead, that they would
vote as Delegates and Alternate Delegates at said Convention in
conformity with the instructions, wishes and desires of REGINALD
LAFAYETTE AND ROSEMARIE PANIO to perform his agreed obligations
under the aforesaid illegal 2005 contract entered into with said
Panio.
- The respective Certificates executed by LIPPMAN, ALESSANDRO,
KELLY, and LUBELL, are inaccurate, defective, invalid, illegal,
null and void in that the same purport to accept the
“designation” of the Democratic Party as candidates for election
at the General Election to be held on November 8, 2005,
notwithstanding that New York’s Election Law requires such
candidates to be “NOMINATED,” and not “DESIGNATED.”
For at least the foregoing
reasons, said nominations are null and void, and the Nominating
Certificates should be rejected by the New York State Board of
Elections.
The office of Justice of the
Supreme Court of the State of New York, 9th Judicial District, is a
judicial office, for which the electorate has a right of “election,”
after a duly conducted judicial nominating convention.
The post office address for
the undersigned objector is 283 Soundview Avenue, White Plains, New
York 10606-3821.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed my name hereto this
4th day of October, 2005.
___________________________
DORIS L. SASSOWER
State of New York )
County of Westchester ) ss:
On the 5th day
of October, 2005, before me personally to me known, and known to me
to be the same person described in and who executed the foregoing
specifications and acknowledged to me that she executed the same.
______________________________
Notary Public, State of New York
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