Assembly Bill A6310

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements of a witness to a designating petition or independent nominating petition

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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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2015-A6310 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง6-132, 6-140, 6-204, 6-206 & 15-108, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8650
2013-2014: A1464
2017-2018: A567

2015-A6310 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requirements of a witness to a designating petition or independent nominating petition.

2015-A6310 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6310

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law,  in  relation to requirements of
  witnesses to a designating petition or independent nominating petition

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

  Section  1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 6-132 of the election law,
as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, are amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2. 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 an
enrolled voter of the same political party as the  voters  qualified  to
sign the petition[, and who is also a resident of the political subdivi-
sion in which the office or position is to be voted for. However, in the
case  of  a petition for election to the party position of member of the
county committee, residence in the same  county  shall  be  sufficient].
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 qualified
voter  of  the  State  of  New  York  and  am  an  enrolled   voter   of
the.......................  party.  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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03405-03-5
              

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