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Senate Bill S2289

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that enrolled party member residing in county and assembly district containing election district of position may file written objections to petition

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2011-S2289 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6-154, El L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S162

2011-S2289 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits that any enrolled member of a party who resides within the county and the assembly district which contains the election district from which the party position of member of county committee shall be elected, shall be eligible to file written objections to a designating petition, petition for opportunity to ballot, certificate of acceptance, certificate of declination and certificate of substitution relating to such party position.

2011-S2289 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2289 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2289

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  eligibility  to  file
  written objections to nominations and designations

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6-154  of  the  election  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  248  of  the  laws  of 1981, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. Written objections to any certificate of designation or  nomination
or to a nominating or designating petition or a petition for opportunity
to ballot for public office or to a certificate of acceptance, a certif-
icate of authorization, a certificate of declination or a certificate of
substitution  relating  thereto  may be filed by any voter registered to
vote for such public office and to a designating petition or a  petition
for opportunity to ballot for party position or a certificate of substi-
tution,  a  certificate  of  acceptance  or a certificate of declination
relating thereto by any voter enrolled to vote for such party  position,
EXCEPT  THAT  FOR  THE PARTY POSITION OF MEMBER OF COUNTY COMMITTEE, ANY
ENROLLED MEMBER OF THE PARTY WHO  RESIDES  WITHIN  THE  COUNTY  AND  THE
ASSEMBLY  DISTRICT  WHICH CONTAINS THE ELECTION DISTRICT FROM WHICH SUCH
PARTY POSITION IS TO BE ELECTED IS ELIGIBLE  TO  FILE  SUCH  OBJECTIONS.
Such  objections  shall be filed with the officer or board with whom the
original petition or certificate is filed within three  days  after  the
filing  of  the  petition  or certificate to which objection is made, or
within three days after the last day to file such a certificate,  if  no
such  certificate  is  filed  except  that if any person nominated by an
independent nominating petition, is nominated as a party  candidate  for
the same office by a party certificate filed, or a party nomination made
after  the  filing of such petition, the written objection to such peti-
tion may be filed within three days  after  the  filing  of  such  party

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07438-01-1

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