Airey v. Feliciano

Summary

The court held that the Green slate's petition sheet was properly rejected because the record did not establish that the purported agent signature was authorized by a valid power of attorney or covered by its scope, and because the statutory violations required rejection of the entire sheet. It further held that five Airey petition sheets lacking the required tally of verified signatures could not be saved by substantial compliance because the statutory requirement was mandatory and plainly violated. The judgment was affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for proceedings concerning the consequences of disqualifying both slates.