S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4686
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 4, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number of signa-
tures for independent nominating petitions; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 6-142 of the election law, as amended by chapter 79
of the laws of 1992, subdivision 1 as amended by section 9 of part ZZZ
of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020 and paragraph (d-1) of subdivision 2
as amended by chapter 418 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 6-142. Independent nominations; number of signatures. 1. An inde-
pendent nominating petition for candidates to be voted for by all the
voters of the state must be signed by at least forty-five thousand
voters, or one percent of the total number of votes, excluding blank and
void ballots, cast for the office of governor at the last gubernatorial
election, whichever is less, of whom at least five hundred, or one
percent of enrolled voters, whichever is less, shall reside in each of
one-half of the congressional districts of the State.
2. An independent nominating petition for the nomination of candidates
for an office to be filled by the voters of any other political unit
must be signed by voters numbering [five] TWO AND ONE-HALF per centum of
the total number of votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial
election in such unit, excluding blank and void votes, except that not
more than [three thousand five hundred] ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY
signatures shall be required upon any such petition for any office to be
filled in any political subdivision of the state wholly outside the city
of New York, and not more than the following numbers of signatures shall
be required upon any such petition for the following public offices
respectively:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(a) for any office to be filled in any county or portion thereof
outside the city of New York, [one thousand five hundred] SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY;
(b) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER PROVID-
ING FOR GREATER THRESHOLDS TO THE CONTRARY, for any office to be filled
by all the voters of the city of New York, [seven thousand five hundred]
THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY;
(b-1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER
PROVIDING FOR GREATER THRESHOLDS TO THE CONTRARY, for any office to be
filled by all the voters of any two counties in such city, [four thou-
sand] TWO THOUSAND;
(c) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER PROVID-
ING FOR GREATER THRESHOLDS TO THE CONTRARY, for any office to be filled
by all the voters of any county or borough in such city, [four thousand]
TWO THOUSAND;
(d) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER PROVID-
ING FOR GREATER THRESHOLDS TO THE CONTRARY, for any office to be filled
by all the voters of any municipal court district, [three thousand
signatures] ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED;
(d-1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER
PROVIDING FOR GREATER THRESHOLDS TO THE CONTRARY, for any office to be
filled in the city of New York by all the voters of any city council
district, [two thousand seven hundred] ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY;
(e) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional
district, [three thousand five hundred] ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY;
(f) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any state senato-
rial district, [three thousand] ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED;
(g) for any office to be filled by all the voters of an assembly
district, [one thousand five hundred] SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY;
(h) for the office of trustee of the Long Island Power Authority, five
hundred;
(i) for any office to be filled by the voters of any political subdi-
vision contained within another political subdivision except as herein
otherwise provided, not to exceed the number of signatures required for
the larger subdivision.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed December 31, 2021.