WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2007. By John F. Bailey.  August 2, 2007: Board of Elections deliberation over the validity of Democrat challenger Candyce Corcoran’s 67 pages of petitions continued into its third day today with no decision as of 3 P.M. Ms. Corcoran is consulting with an attorney expert in election law on the possibility she may have to contest any Board of Election decision rejecting her petitions. 

Corcoran has pointed out to the Commissioners of the County Board of Elections that the New York State Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that petitions turned in without city and town indicated in the Witness Identification Information section were acceptable as long as the name, address and city of the witness (herself) were elsewhere on the petition sheet.  Corcoran disclosed to WPCNR she is prepared to spend the tens of thousands of dollars required to take the Board of Elections to court should her petitions be rejected on the technical error that she alleges came about because a clerk at  the Board of Elections provided misinformation. 

Corcoran said she had spoken with a number of attorneys, previous to the counsel she is working with, who sympathized with her plight but could not help her because they worked for the county.