In Matter of Wicksel v. Cohen (262 N.Y. 446 [1933]), the Court of Appeals defined the parameters of a board of elections' authority to review otherwise unchallenged petitions The Court held that it was within the power of the board of elections, and in this matter the Town Clerk, to review petitions in the execution of the ministerial duty of their office. This ministerial duty was limited by the Court to a review to determine whether the signatures on a petition were those of qualified voters in the electoral district or if any qualified voters may have signed the petition twice. The Court of Appeals did not expand the execution of this ministerial review to anything further than a determination of qualified voters' signatures or repeat signatures on a petition.