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                                   8040
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2018
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- 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 party  nominations  for
   candidates for county office
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  6-109
 to read as follows:
   § 6-109. PARTY NOMINATIONS; COUNTIES. 1. PARTY DESIGNATION OF A CANDI-
 DATE  FOR  NOMINATION  FOR  ANY OFFICE TO BE FILLED BY THE VOTERS OF THE
 ENTIRE COUNTY SHALL BE MADE BY THE COUNTY COMMITTEE, IF THE PARTY  RULES
 OF SUCH COUNTY SO PROVIDE.
   2.  THE COUNTY COMMITTEE SHALL MAKE SUCH DESIGNATION BY MAJORITY VOTE.
 THE PERSON RECEIVING THE MAJORITY VOTE SHALL BE THE  PARTY'S  DESIGNATED
 CANDIDATE  FOR  NOMINATION.  UPON  THE  VOTE  FOR SUCH DESIGNATION, EACH
 MEMBER OF THE COUNTY COMMITTEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO  CAST  A  NUMBER  OF
 VOTES  WHICH  SHALL  BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RATIO WHICH THE NUMBER OF
 VOTES FOR THE PARTY CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR ON THE LINE OR COLUMN OF  THE
 PARTY AT THE LAST PRECEDING GENERAL STATE ELECTION IN THE UNIT OF REPRE-
 SENTATION  SUCH  MEMBER  REPRESENTS BEARS TO THE TOTAL VOTE CAST ON SUCH
 LINE OR COLUMN AT SUCH ELECTION FOR SUCH CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR  IN  THE
 ENTIRE COUNTY. THE APPORTIONMENT OF SUCH VOTES AS SO PRESCRIBED SHALL BE
 DETERMINED BY THE RULES OF THE PARTY.
   3.  ENROLLED MEMBERS OF THE PARTY MAY MAKE OTHER DESIGNATIONS BY PETI-
 TION FOR A MEMBER OF THE SAME PARTY.
   4. THE MEETING OF THE COUNTY COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF  DESIGNATING
 CANDIDATES  SHALL  BE  HELD  NOT EARLIER THAN TWENTY-ONE DAYS BEFORE THE
 FIRST DAY TO SIGN DESIGNATING PETITIONS AND NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY
 TO SIGN DESIGNATING PETITIONS FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
   5. WITHIN FOUR DAYS AFTER SUCH MEETING,  THE  COUNTY  COMMITTEE  SHALL
 FILE WITH THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS:
   (A)  THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE DESIGNATION OF THE
 COUNTY COMMITTEE AND THE OFFICES FOR WHICH DESIGNATED; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (B) THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE TO FILL  VACAN-
 CIES  OR A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE PARTY RULE EMPOWERING SUCH COMMITTEE TO
 FILL VACANCIES.
   6. NO PERSON MAY BE DESIGNATED BY A COUNTY COMMITTEE FOR MORE THAN ONE
 OFFICE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   7.  PARTY DESIGNATION OF A CANDIDATE FOR ANY OFFICE CONTAINED WITHIN A
 COUNTY SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY COMMITTEE MEMBERS  REPRESENTING
 THE  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OF  SUCH OFFICE, IF THE PARTY RULES OF SUCH
 COUNTY SO PROVIDE.
   8. A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE FROM A DISTRICT WHICH CROSSES  COUNTY  LINES
 SHALL  BE  DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM SUCH DISTRICT
 IF THE RULES OF THE COUNTY COMMITTEES OF EACH SUCH COUNTY SHALL  ALL  SO
 PROVIDE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.