Section 6-168. Designating petitions; candidates for the office of judge of the civil court of the city of New York

1. The board  of  elections  of
  the  city of New York, not later than fourteen days before the first day
  to circulate designating petitions for a primary election,  or  the  day
  after  a  vacancy  occurs, whichever is later, shall promulgate and have
  available for public inspection at  its  main  office,  a  list  of  all
  vacancies  in  the office of judge of the civil court of the city of New
  York for which nominations will be made at such primary  election.  Such
  list  shall include the borough and district, if any, in which each such
  vacancy exists, the name of the judge who was last elected to such  seat
  and a number assigned to each such vacancy by the board of elections.
    2.  A designating petition for any candidate for any such office shall
  include in the title of the office for  which  a  designation  is  being
  made,  the  number assigned by the board of elections to the vacancy for
  which such candidate is designated.
    3. If, at any primary election in which more than one nomination is to
  be made for the office of judge of the civil court of the  city  of  New
  York  in  any borough of such city or in any civil court district within
  any such borough, only one candidate is designated for any such vacancy,
  such candidate shall be deemed nominated and his name shall  not  appear
  upon  the primary ballot unless a petition for opportunity to ballot for
  such vacancy is filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
    4. If more than  one  person  is  designated  for  one  or  more  such
  vacancies,  all  such  persons  shall be listed on the primary ballot as
  candidates for such office without reference to the seat for which  they
  were  designated  and  those  persons,  equal  to  the  number  of  such
  vacancies, who receive the highest number of votes shall be nominated as
  candidates for such office.