NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4597

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2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2364
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§6-128 & 6-138, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6673, A8622
2019-2020: S5974, A2047

2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the change of name of any independent body making nominations.

2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4597

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the election law, in relation to
prohibiting the name change of any independent body making nominations

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The purpose of this legislation is to prohibit the name change of any
independent body making nominations.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :


Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 6-128 of the
Election Law is amended to read as follows: The name of the party
filing the nominations which shall not be altered or modified once
submitted.


Section 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6-138 of the
Election Law, is amended by adding the following language to the end
of the paragraph: Such name selected for such independent body shall
continuously remain the name of such party as defined in subdivision
three of section 1-104 of this chapter.

Section 3. Establishes the effect date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

In New York State there are, and have been the following parties:
Democratic, Republican, Conservative, Liberal, Working Families and
Independence. A party is established when any political organizations
candidate for governor obtains at least 50,000 votes in the last
preceding election. In the 2014 elections, the Stop Common Core ballot
line received 51,294 votes, obtaining a permanent ballot line for the
next four years. In January of 2015, however, the party organization
announced a name change from Stop Common Core to the Reform Party.

This action is akin to bait and switch tactics. The 51,294 voters
voted for a candidate who represented the views of the Stop Common
Core party. Now that the party is established, the organization
changed its mission, misleading those voters, essentially obtaining a
multi-year legal political status based on fraud.

Currently, a political organization's name cannot suggest similarity
to an existing party or a political organization that has already
filed. The political organization should also be prohibited from
making a name change. This legislation would prohibit the name change
of any independent body making ballot nominations.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016- S.6673

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :;

There will be a possible cost savings to the Board of Elections.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4597
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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  prohibiting  the  name
   change of any independent body making nominations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  6-128  of  the
 election law is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  name  of the party filing the nominations WHICH SHALL NOT BE
 ALTERED OR MODIFIED ONCE SUBMITTED.
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section  6-138  of  the  election
 law,  as  amended by chapter 306 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. The name selected for the independent body  making  the  nomination
 shall be in English characters and shall not include the name or part of
 the  name  or an abbreviation of the name or part of the name, nor shall
 the emblem or name be of such a configuration as to create the possibil-
 ity of confusion with the emblem or name of a then  existing  party,  or
 the emblem or name of an independent body selected by a previously filed
 independent  nominating petition for the same office. SUCH NAME SELECTED
 FOR SUCH INDEPENDENT BODY SHALL CONTINUOUSLY REMAIN  THE  NAME  OF  SUCH
 PARTY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 1-104 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02874-01-7

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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David J. Valesky

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4597 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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