In the Matter of Samuel Snape, Appellant, v. Alice Sachs et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, Respondents, and Alexander Castillo, Respondent; In the Matter of Alexander Castillo, Respondent, v. Samuel Snape, Appellant, and Joseph H. Previte et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, Respondents

In the Matter of Samuel Snape, Appellant, v Alice Sachs et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, Respondents, and Alexander Castillo, Respondent. In the Matter of Alexander Castillo, Respondent, v Samuel Snape, Appellant, and Joseph H. Previte et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, Respondents. [MAJORITY] Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, each entered on April 9, 1980, reversed, on the law, without costs and without disbursements, and the petition validated. In our view, a subscriber may sign petitions for as many candidates as there are vacancies for which he can vote. (See Matter of Gilmore v Kugler, 21 AD2d 293.) Concur—Fein, Sandler and Silverman, JJ. [DISSENT — Kupferman, J. P., and Birns, J.,] Kupferman, J. P., and Birns, J., dissent and would affirm. The board of education and board of elections rule is a reasonable one in order to require a showing of substantial support for a candidate and in the interest of practicalities of administration, particularly in school board elections where there are neither parties nor slates.