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                                  9969

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 2, 2016
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  -- 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;
  (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;

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

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  (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:
  (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;

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  (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.