S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the local
boards of election to verify the number of enrolled members of a party
in such districts and reject all petitions where there are no enrolled
members of a party in such districts
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6-154 of the election law is
amended to read as follows:
1. Any petition filed with the officer or board charged with the duty
of receiving it shall be presumptively valid if it is in proper form and
appears to bear the requisite number of signatures, authenticated in a
manner prescribed by this chapter, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE LOCAL
BOARD VERIFIES THE NUMBER OF ENROLLED MEMBERS OF A PARTY IN SUCH
DISTRICTS AND REJECTS ALL PETITIONS WHERE THERE ARE NO ENROLLED MEMBERS
OF SUCH PARTY IN SUCH DISTRICTS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06549-01-9