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Assembly Bill A2848

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Makes provisions relating to the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor

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2009-A2848 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3259
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง6-104 & 7-114, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3134, S3513
2013-2014: A2052, S2403
2015-2016: A4478, S2717
2017-2018: A2171, S1234
2019-2020: A3596, S2013
2021-2022: A4766, S3819
2023-2024: A4304, S1513
2025-2026: S1581

2009-A2848 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes provisions relating to the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor; provides candidates be designated jointly either by the state committee or by petition; provides said petition will be valid only if it jointly designates both candidates.

2009-A2848 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2848

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, GALEF, DelMONTE, LATIMER -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ABBATE,  CAHILL,  GOTTFRIED,  HOOPER,  JOHN,
  MAGEE,  PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election
  Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the joint nomination of
  candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  1, 2 and 5 of section 6-104 of the election
law are amended to read as follows:
  1. Party designation of a candidate for nomination for any  office  to
be  filled  by the voters of the entire state shall be made by the state
committee. CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT  GOVER-
NOR SHALL BE DESIGNATED JOINTLY BY A SINGLE VOTE.
  2.  The  state  committee  shall make a decision by majority vote. The
person OR PERSONS receiving the  majority  vote  shall  be  the  party's
designated  candidate  OR  GROUP  OF  CANDIDATES for nomination, and all
other persons OR GROUPS OF PERSONS who shall have  received  twenty-five
percent  or  more of the vote cast on any ballot shall have the right to
make written demand, duly acknowledged, to the state board of  elections
that  their  names  appear  on the primary ballot as candidates for such
nomination.  Such demand shall be made not later than seven  days  after
such  meeting  and  may  be withdrawn in the same manner within fourteen
days after such meeting.
  5. Enrolled members of the party may make other designations by  peti-
tion  for [a member] MEMBERS of the same party. A PETITION DESIGNATING A
CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OR  LIEUTENANT  GOVERNOR  SHALL  BE
VALID  ONLY IF IT JOINTLY DESIGNATES CANDIDATES FOR BOTH SUCH OFFICES ON
SUCH PETITION.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 7-114 of the election law is amended  by
adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03953-01-9

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