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Jul 24, 2020 | referred to election law |
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10873 I N A S S E M B L Y July 24, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Aubry) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to directing that the use of a candidate's alternate, familiar or anglicized name is permissible on electoral nominating petitions and ballots THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1-104 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 39 to read as follows: 39. THE TERM "NAME" FOR PURPOSES OF DESIGNATING OR NOMINATING A CANDI- DATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL'S FORMAL NAME OR AN ALTERNATE, ANGLICIZED, OR FAMILIAR FORM OF A NAME OR NICKNAME, NOTWITHSTANDING THE CANDIDATE'S PROPER NAME AS IT APPEARS ON HIS OR HER VOTER REGISTRATION FORM, PROVIDED THAT SUCH NAME IS DEMON- STRATED TO BE COMMONLY USED TO IDENTIFY THE CANDIDATE IN THE CANDIDATE'S COMMUNITY, DOES NOT INCLUDE A DESCRIPTIVE TERM, AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT THE USE OF SUCH NAME IS NOT INTENDED TO MISLEAD OR CONFUSE POTEN- TIAL SIGNATORIES, AND WOULD NOT TEND TO CONFUSE OR MISLEAD POTENTIAL SIGNATORIES, AS TO THE CANDIDATE'S IDENTITY. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16316-07-0