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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to election law |
Dec 13, 2021 | referred to election law |
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Michael J. Norris
William A. Barclay
Joseph Giglio
A8509 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§6-158 & 8-100, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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A1720
A8509 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8509 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y December 13, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL, NORRIS, BARCLAY, J. M. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to primary elections and moving the date of the presidential primary THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 9, 11 and 12 of section 6-158 of the election law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows: 9. A petition for an independent nomination for an office to be filled at the time of a general election shall be filed not earlier than [twen- ty-four] SEVENTEEN weeks and not later than [twenty-three] SIXTEEN weeks preceding such election. A petition for an independent nomination for an office to be filled at a special election shall be filed not later than twelve days following the issuance of a proclamation of such election. 11. A certificate of acceptance or declination of an independent nomi- nation for an office to be filled at the time of a general election shall be filed not later than the third day after the [twenty-third] SIXTEENTH Tuesday preceding such election except that a candidate who files such a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any party, may thereafter file a certif- icate of declination not later than the third day after the primary election. A certificate of acceptance or declination of an independent nomination for an office to be filled at a special election shall be filed not later than fourteen days following the issuance of a proclama- tion of such election. 12. A certificate to fill a vacancy caused by a declination of an independent nomination for an office to be filled at the time of a general election shall be filed not later than the sixth day after the [twenty-third] SIXTEENTH Tuesday preceding such election. A certificate EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13574-03-1