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Assembly Bill A8181

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to nominations for public office

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2021-A8181 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-146, El L

2021-A8181 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to nominations for public office without designation.

2021-A8181 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8181
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to nominations for public
   office
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 6-146 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 224 of the laws  of  1982,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  A  person  nominated  [without designation] for public office at a
 CONTESTED OR UNCONTESTED primary election may decline such nomination. A
 person so nominated for public office by a party of which he  is  not  a
 duly  enrolled member, must decline or accept such nomination, otherwise
 such nomination shall be null and void. Such declinations or acceptances
 must be filed not later than five days after the mailing of notification
 of such nomination by such  officer  or  board.  If  the  nomination  is
 declined  the vacancy may be filled not later than three days after such
 declination shall have been filed in the office of the officer or board.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11740-02-1

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