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Assembly Bill A2171

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Makes provisions relating to the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor

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2017-A2171 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1234
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6-104 & 7-114, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2848, S3259
2011-2012: A3134, S3513
2013-2014: A2052, S2403
2015-2016: A4478, S2717
2019-2020: A3596, S2013
2021-2022: A4766, S3819
2023-2024: A4304, S1513
2025-2026: S1581

2017-A2171 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes provisions relating to the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor; provides candidates be designated jointly either by the state committee or by petition; provides said petition will be valid only if it jointly designates both candidates.

2017-A2171 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2171
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, GALEF, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A.  ABBATE, CAHILL, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER, MAGEE -- read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the joint nomination of
   candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 5 of section 6-104  of  the  election
 law are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Party  designation of a candidate for nomination for any office to
 be filled by the voters of the entire state shall be made by  the  state
 committee.  CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVER-
 NOR SHALL BE DESIGNATED JOINTLY BY A SINGLE VOTE OF SUCH COMMITTEE.
   2. The state committee shall make a decision  by  majority  vote.  The
 person  OR  PERSONS  receiving  the  majority  vote shall be the party's
 designated candidate OR PAIR OF CANDIDATES for nomination, and all other
 persons OR PAIRS OF PERSONS who shall have received twenty-five  percent
 or  more  of  the  vote  cast on any ballot shall have the right to make
 written demand, duly acknowledged, to the state board of elections  that
 their  names  appear  on the primary ballot as candidates for such nomi-
 nation.  Such demand shall be made not later than seven days after  such
 meeting  and  may  be  withdrawn in the same manner within fourteen days
 after such meeting.
   5. Enrolled members of the party may make other designations by  peti-
 tion  for [a member] MEMBERS of the same party. A PETITION DESIGNATING A
 CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OR  LIEUTENANT  GOVERNOR  SHALL  BE
 VALID  ONLY IF SUCH PETITION JOINTLY DESIGNATES CANDIDATES FOR BOTH SUCH
 OFFICES ON SUCH PETITION.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 7-114 of the election law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05235-01-7

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