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A4234 (ACTIVE) - Details
A4234 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Decreases the number of signatures needed for designating petitions and independent nominations by one-third for political subdivisions, wholly or in part, within a county in which one or more residents have been confirmed to be diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for year two thousand twenty-one.
A4234 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4234 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to decreasing the number of signatures needed for designating petitions and independent nomi- nations in counties with coronavirus 2019 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 6-136 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 6. FOR DESIGNATING PETITIONS FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, WHOLLY OR IN PART, WITHIN A COUNTY IN WHICH ONE OR MORE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) AND NOTWITH- STANDING SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, FOR PETITIONS MADE IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT NUMBERS STATED IN PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (L) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ONE-THIRD, ROUNDED DOWN TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER. § 2. Section 6-142 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3. FOR INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, WHOLLY OR IN PART, WITHIN A COUNTY IN WHICH ONE OR MORE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) AND NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, FOR NOMINATIONS MADE IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT NUMBERS STATED IN PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (I) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ONE-THIRD, ROUNDED DOWN TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02581-01-1