Assembly Bill A4959

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Reestablishes the sole qualification for a witness to an independent nominating petition as a qualified voter of the state of New York

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A4959 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1366
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-140, El L

2009-A4959 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reestablishes the sole qualification for a witness to an independent nominating petition as a qualified voter of the state of New York.

2009-A4959 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4959

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Election Law

AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to independent nominating
  petitions

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  b  of  subdivision  1  of section 6-140 of the
election law, as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is  amended
to read as follows:
  b. There shall be appended at the bottom of each sheet a signed state-
ment  of  a  witness who is a duly qualified voter of the state [and who
also is qualified to sign the  petition].  Such  a  statement  shall  be
accepted  for  all purposes as the equivalent of an affidavit, and if it
contains a material false statement, shall subject the person signing it
to the same penalties as if he or she had been duly sworn. The  form  of
such statement shall be substantially as follows:

                          STATEMENT OF WITNESS

  I,  ...................... (name of witness) state: I am a duly quali-
fied voter of the State of New York and [I am  also  duly  qualified  to
sign        the       petition.       I]       now       reside       at
........................................ (residence address).
  Each of the individuals whose names are subscribed  to  this  petition
sheet  containing  ........  (fill in number) signatures, subscribed the
same in my presence on the dates above indicated and identified  himself
or herself to be the individual who signed this sheet.
  I  understand that this statement will be accepted for all purposes as
the equivalent of an affidavit and, if  it  contains  a  material  false
statement,  shall subject me to the same penalties as if I had been duly
sworn.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05011-01-9

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