Senate Bill S6911

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to party nominations by multiple political parties

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S6911 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1-104, add §6-103, El L

2019-S6911 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to party nominations by multiple political parties; provides that a candidate for election to public office nominated by a political party may also receive a nomination of any other political party and a candidate nominated by more than one political party shall be deemed to have received all votes cast in such candidate's name; provides that any provision of the Campaign Finance Reform Commission's final report deemed inconsistent with this act by a court shall also be deemed repealed by this act.

2019-S6911 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6911 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6911
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  party  nominations  by
   multiple political parties
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section  1-104  of  the  election  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. The term "party" OR "POLITICAL PARTY" means any political organiza-
 tion  which  at ANY OF the last THREE preceding [election] ELECTIONS for
 governor polled at least fifty thousand  votes  for  its  candidate  for
 governor.
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 6-103 to read
 as follows:
   §  6-103.  PARTY  NOMINATIONS  BY MULTIPLE POLITICAL PARTIES. 1.   ANY
 CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICE MAY RECEIVE  THE  NOMINATION  OF
 ANY POLITICAL PARTY. A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICE NOMINATED
 BY  A  POLITICAL  PARTY MAY ALSO RECEIVE A NOMINATION OF ANY OTHER POLI-
 TICAL PARTY.
   2. THE NAME OF A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICE SHALL  APPEAR
 ON  THE  BALLOT AS MANY TIMES AS THERE ARE PARTIES OR INDEPENDENT BODIES
 NOMINATING HIM OR HER, AND THERE SHALL BE A SEPARATE VOTING  AND  REGIS-
 TERING DEVICE AT EACH LOCATION IN WHICH SUCH NAME SHALL APPEAR.
   3.  A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE NOMINATED BY MORE THAN ONE POLITICAL
 PARTY SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE RECEIVED ALL VOTES CAST UNDER SUCH  CANDI-
 DATE'S  NAME UNDER ALL THE POLITICAL PARTIES OR INDEPENDENT BODIES NOMI-
 NATING HIM OR HER.
   § 3. Any provision of the final report of the campaign finance  reform
 commission, issued on December 1, 2019, and made pursuant to part XXX of
 chapter  59 of the laws of 2019, which is deemed by a court of competent
 jurisdiction as being inconsistent with any provision of this act, shall
 also be deemed by such court, as having such inconsistent  provision  of
 such report, be repealed by this act.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
              

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