Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 30, 2010 |
signed chap.424 |
Aug 18, 2010 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 29, 2010 |
returned to assembly passed senate |
Jun 14, 2010 |
3rd reading cal.807 substituted for s7980 |
May 26, 2010 |
referred to elections delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 13, 2010 |
advanced to third reading cal.853 |
May 12, 2010 |
reported |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to election law |
Jan 27, 2009 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A3563
Signed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PERRY
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
David Weprin
2009-A3563 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7980
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6-162, El L
2009-A3563 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3563 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to withdrawal from a run- off election after a primary THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 6-162 of the election law, as amended by chapter 418 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: S 6-162. Primary; New York City, run-off. 1. In the city of New York, when no candidate for the office of mayor, public advocate or comp- troller receives forty percent or more of the votes cast by the members of a political party for such office in a city-wide primary election, the board of elections of such city shall conduct a run-off primary election between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for the same office. 2. IN ANY JURISDICTION THAT AUTHORIZES A RUN-OFF ELECTION AFTER A PRIMARY ELECTION, IF ONE OF THE TWO CANDIDATES RECEIVING THE GREATEST NUMBER OF VOTES FOR THE SAME OFFICE FILES WITH THE LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS A CERTIFICATE OF WITHDRAWAL WITHIN THREE DAYS FOLLOWING SUCH PRIMARY ELECTION, THE BOARD SHALL ACCEPT AND CERTIFY THE WITHDRAWAL AND DECLARE THE REMAINING CANDIDATE THE WINNER AND NO SUCH RUN-OFF PRIMARY ELECTION SHALL BE HELD. SUCH CERTIFICATE OF WITHDRAWAL SHALL BE IN AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION FORM AS DETERMINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02081-01-9
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