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Senate Bill S5562

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to clarifying that the signature of a voter signing a later nominating petition shall be counted when a prior petition is invalid

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2015-S5562 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6-138, El L

2015-S5562 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to clarifying that the signature of a person signing a later nominating petition shall be counted when a prior petition is invalid.

2015-S5562 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5562 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5562

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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  clarifying  that  the
  signature  of  a  voter  signing  a later nominating petition shall be
  counted when a prior petition is invalid

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 6-138 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 709 of the laws  of  1996,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  Independent nominations for public office shall be made by a peti-
tion containing the signatures of registered  voters  of  the  political
unit  for  which  a  nomination is made who are registered to vote.  The
name of a person signing such a  petition  for  an  election  for  which
voters are required to be registered shall not be counted if the name of
a  person  who has signed such a petition appears upon another valid and
effective petition designating or nominating the  same  or  a  different
person  for the same office; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IF THE PRIOR DESIGNATING
OR NOMINATING PETITION IS FOUND TO BE INVALID THE SIGNATURE OF THE VOTER
SIGNING THE LATER NOMINATING PETITION SHALL BE COUNTED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09949-02-5

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