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Assembly Bill A10873

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of the term name for purposes of designating or nominating a candidate for public office or party position

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2019-A10873 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8465
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1-104, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A4136, S1133

2019-A10873 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of the term "name" for purposes of designating or nominating a candidate for public office or party position.

2019-A10873 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     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

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