Assembly Actions -
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May 24, 2022 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1426 substituted for s4413 |
May 23, 2022 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.295 rules report cal.295 reported |
May 18, 2022 |
reported referred to rules |
Apr 25, 2022 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to codes |
Jun 09, 2021 |
reported referred to codes |
Feb 01, 2021 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A4261
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
STECK
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Jonathan Jacobson
Thomas Abinanti
2021-A4261 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A4261 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to specification of objections to designating petitions, independent nominating petitions, certificates of nomination or ballot access documents; standardizes requirements for specification of objections by removing authority of local boards of election to make their own rules.
2021-A4261 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4261 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to specification of objections to designating petitions, independent nominating petitions, certificates of nomination or ballot access documents THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 6-154 of the election law, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 248 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: § 6-154. Nominations and designations; objections to. 1. Any petition OR CERTIFICATE 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. 2. Written objections to any certificate of designation or nomination or to a nominating or designating petition or a petition for opportunity to ballot for public office or to a certificate of acceptance, a certif- icate of authorization, a certificate of declination or a certificate of substitution relating thereto may be filed by any voter registered to vote for such public office and to a designating petition or a petition for opportunity to ballot for party position or a certificate of substi- tution, a certificate of acceptance or a certificate of declination relating thereto by any voter enrolled to vote for such party position. Such objections shall be filed with the officer or board with whom the original petition or certificate is filed within three days after the filing of the petition or certificate to which objection is made, or within three days after the last day to file such a certificate, if no such certificate is filed except that if any person nominated by an independent nominating petition, is nominated as a party candidate for the same office by a party certificate filed, or a party nomination made after the filing of such petition, the written objection to such peti- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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