S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2854
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 18, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, GALEF, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
M. of A. BRENNAN, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to signature requirement
on designating and nominating petitions
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 6-136 of the election law,
subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, subdivision
2 as amended by chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, the opening paragraph of
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994 and para-
graph (c-1) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 418 of the laws of
1993, are amended to read as follows:
1. Petitions for any office to be filled by the voters of the entire
state must be signed by not less than [fifteen thousand or five] SEVEN
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED OR TWO AND ONE-HALF per centum, whichever is less,
of the then enrolled voters of the party in the state (excluding voters
in inactive status), of whom not less than [one hundred or five] FIFTY
OR TWO AND ONE-HALF per centum, whichever is less, of such enrolled
voters shall reside in each of one-half of the congressional districts
of the state.
2. All other petitions must be signed by not less than [five] TWO AND
ONE-HALF per centum, as determined by the preceding enrollment, of the
then enrolled voters of the party residing within the political unit in
which the office or position is to be voted for (excluding voters in
inactive status), provided, however, that for the following public
offices the number of signatures need not exceed the following limits:
(a) For any office to be filled by all voters of the city of New York,
[seven thousand five hundred] THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY signa-
tures;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(b) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any county or
borough within the city of New York, [four] TWO thousand signatures;
(c) For any office to be filled in the city of New York by all the
voters of any municipal court district, [one thousand five hundred]
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY signatures;
(c-1) For any office to be filled in the city of New York by all the
voters of any city council district, [nine hundred] FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY
signatures;
(d) For any office to be filled by all the voters of cities or coun-
ties, except the city of New York and counties therein, containing more
than two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants according to the last
preceding federal enumeration, [two] ONE thousand signatures;
(e) For any office to be filled by all the voters of cities or coun-
ties containing more than twenty-five thousand and not more than two
hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, according to the last preceding
federal enumeration, [one thousand] FIVE HUNDRED signatures;
(f) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any other city or
county, or of a councilmanic district in any city other than the city of
New York, [five hundred] TWO HUNDRED FIFTY signatures;
(g) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional
district, [twelve hundred fifty] SIX HUNDRED FIFTY signatures;
(h) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any state senato-
rial district, [one thousand] FIVE HUNDRED signatures;
(i) For any office to be filled by all voters of any assembly
district, [five hundred] TWO HUNDRED FIFTY signatures;
(j) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any political
subdivision, except as herein otherwise provided, contained within
another political subdivision, not to exceed the number of signatures
required for the larger subdivision;
(k) For any other office to be filled by the voters of a political
subdivision containing more than one assembly district, county or other
political subdivision, not to exceed the aggregate of the signatures
required for the subdivisions or parts of subdivisions so contained; and
(l) For any county legislative district, [five hundred] TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY signatures.
S 2. Section 6-142 of the election law, as amended by chapter 79 of
the laws of 1992 and paragraph (d-1) of subdivision 2 as amended by
chapter 418 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
S 6-142. Independent nominations; number of signatures. 1. An inde-
pendent nominating petition for candidates to be voted for by all the
voters of the state must be signed by at least [fifteen thousand] SEVEN
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED voters, of whom at least [one hundred] FIFTY shall
reside in each of one-half of the congressional districts of the State.
2. An independent nominating petition for the nomination of candidates
for an office to be filled by the voters of any other political unit
must be signed by voters numbering [five] TWO AND ONE-HALF per centum of
the total number of votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial
election in such unit, excluding blank and void votes, except that not
more than [three thousand five hundred] ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY
signatures shall be required upon any such petition for any office to be
filled in any political subdivision of the state wholly outside the city
of New York, and not more than the following numbers of signatures shall
be required upon any such petition for the following public offices
respectively:
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(a) for any office to be filled in any county or portion thereof
outside the city of New York, [one thousand five hundred] SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY;
(b) for any office to be filled by all the voters of the city of New
York, [seven thousand five hundred] THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY;
(b-1) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any two coun-
ties in such city, [four] TWO thousand;
(c) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any county or
borough in such city, [four] TWO thousand;
(d) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any municipal
court district, [three thousand] ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED signatures;
(d-1) for any office to be filled in the city of New York by all the
voters of any city council district, [two thousand seven hundred] ONE
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY;
(e) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional
district, [three thousand five hundred] ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY;
(f) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any state senato-
rial district, [three thousand] ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED;
(g) for any office to be filled by all the voters of an assembly
district, [one thousand five hundred] SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY;
(h) for the office of trustee of the Long Island Power Authority,
[five hundred] TWO HUNDRED FIFTY;
(i) for any office to be filled by the voters of any political subdi-
vision contained within another political subdivision except as herein
otherwise provided, not to exceed the number of signatures required for
the larger subdivision.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.