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Jan 10, 2022 | referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.6 reported and committed to rules |
Jan 05, 2022 | referred to elections returned to senate died in assembly |
May 26, 2021 | referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 19, 2021 | advanced to third reading |
May 12, 2021 | 2nd report cal. |
May 11, 2021 | 1st report cal.1051 |
Jan 08, 2021 | referred to elections |
senate Bill S1283
Sponsored By
Todd Kaminsky
(D) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
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Alessandra Biaggi
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Leroy Comrie
(D) 14th Senate District
James Gaughran
(D) 0 Senate District
Anna M. Kaplan
(D, IP, WF) 0 Senate District
S1283 (ACTIVE) - Details
S1283 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1283 SPONSOR: KAMINSKY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the order in which candidates appear on the ballot. PURPOSE: To increase voter participation by creating a standard order in which candidates appear on the ballot. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the election law section 7-104 to require the execu- tive candidates to be listed first, such as the President of the United States and Governor. Followed by other federal offices and state offices. Following that, offices shall be listed in The order of offices at each level shall be listed in descending order according to the size of the electorate. Parisian offices shall be listed before non-partisan
S1283 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1283 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 8, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the order in which candidates appear on the ballot THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 7-104 of the election law, as added by chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 11. [The offices appearing on all ballots shall be listed in the customary order] (A) THE OFFICES APPEARING ON ALL BALLOTS SHALL BE LIST- ED IN THE ORDER OF PRECEDENCE, AS APPLICABLE TO THE OFFICES UP FOR ELECTION IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, AS FOLLOWS: ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER, NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, UNITED STATES SENATOR, MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NEW YORK STATE SENATOR, MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. ANY OFFICE WHICH IS NOT LISTED IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT IN A POSITION BEFORE OR AHEAD OF AN OFFICE WHICH IS LISTED. (B) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE OFFICES IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI- VISION, ALL OTHER OFFICES SHALL BE PLACED UPON THE BALLOT IN THE CUSTOM- ARY ORDER; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT PARTISAN OFFICES REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE CONSTITUENCY SHALL BE LISTED BEFORE OR AHEAD OF NONPARTISAN OFFICES AND ALL CANDIDATES FOR JUDICIAL OFFICES SHALL FOLLOW ALL OTHER PARTISAN OFFICES. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02981-01-1
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