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Assembly Bill A2400

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires a run-off election in Rochester whenever no candidate for mayor receives at least 40% of the votes cast in a primary election

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2009-A2400 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6-163, amd §8-100, El L

2009-A2400 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a run-off election in Rochester whenever no candidate for mayor receives at least 40% of the votes cast in a primary election; stipulates that the run-off election be held two weeks after the primary election.

2009-A2400 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2400

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  mayoral  primaries  in
  the city of Rochester

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

  Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  6-163
to read as follows:
  S  6-163.  PRIMARY; CITY OF ROCHESTER, RUN-OFF. IN THE CITY OF ROCHES-
TER, WHEN NO CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR 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 SHALL
CONDUCT A RUN-OFF PRIMARY ELECTION BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES  RECEIVING
THE GREATEST NUMBER OF VOTES FOR SUCH OFFICE.
  S  2.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 8-100 of the election
law, as added by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read  as
follows:
  (b)    In the event a run-off primary election is required in the city
of New York, OR THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, it shall be held  on  the  second
Tuesday  next  succeeding the date on which the initial primary election
was held.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05662-01-9

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