Smith v. Thane

In Smith v. Thane, September 28, 2015, Montgomery County Supreme Court, (Sise, J) the Court adopted and followed the Fourth Department in concluding that Election Law 6-128 (4) recognizes only the rules of the WEP that are certified by at least one candidate of the WEP from the statewide election, which precludes the Tamburlin and Tkaczyk groups, because they do not have certification of any of the four statewide candidates. The Court found those groups to be a "nullity", and upheld the nominating petition of Ann Thane for mayor of Gloversville under the Gold WEP rules.