S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2733
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 23, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- 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 reducing the numbers of
signatures for designating 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. Subdivision 2 of section 6-136 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, the opening paragraph as
amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994 and paragraph (c-1) as
amended by chapter 418 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
follows:
2. All other petitions must be signed by not less than [five] ONE AND
ONE-HALF per centum, as determined by the preceding enrollment, of the
then enrolled voters of the party residing within the political unit in
which the office or position is to be voted for (excluding voters in
inactive status), provided, however, that for the following public
offices the number of signatures need not exceed the following limits:
(a) [For] NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER
PROVIDING FOR GREATER THRESHOLDS TO THE CONTRARY, FOR any office to be
filled by all voters of the city of New York, [seven thousand five
hundred] TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY signatures;
(b) [For] 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 county or borough within the city of New
York, [four thousand] ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED signatures;
(c) [For] 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 municipal court
district, [one thousand five hundred] FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY signatures;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(c-1) [For] 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, [nine hundred] TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY signatures;
(d) For any office to be filled by all the voters of cities or coun-
ties, except the city of New York and counties therein, containing more
than two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants according to the last
preceding federal enumeration, [two thousand] SIX HUNDRED signatures;
(e) For any office to be filled by all the voters of cities or coun-
ties containing more than twenty-five thousand and not more than two
hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, according to the last preceding
federal enumeration, [one thousand] THREE HUNDRED signatures;
(f) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any other city or
county, or of a councilmanic district in any city other than the city of
New York, [five hundred] ONE HUNDRED FIFTY signatures;
(g) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional
district, [twelve hundred fifty] THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE signatures;
(h) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any state senato-
rial district, [one thousand] THREE HUNDRED signatures;
(i) For any office to be filled by all voters of any assembly
district, [five hundred] ONE HUNDRED FIFTY signatures;
(j) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any political
subdivision, except as herein otherwise provided, contained within
another political subdivision, not to exceed the number of signatures
required for the larger subdivision;
(k) For any other office to be filled by the voters of a political
subdivision containing more than one assembly district, county or other
political subdivision, not to exceed the aggregate of the signatures
required for the subdivisions or parts of subdivisions so contained; and
(l) For any county legislative district, [five hundred] ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY signatures.
§ 2. Notwithstanding subdivision 4 of section 6-134 of the election
law, the first day to sign a designating petition shall be March 2,
2021.
§ 3. Notwithstanding subdivision 1 of section 6-158 of the election
law, a designating petition for the June 2021 primary election shall be
filed with the appropriate board of elections on March 22 through March
25, 2021 and the political calendar with respect to objections, accept-
ances, authorizations, declinations, substitutions and the last day to
commence an election law article 16 proceeding shall be adjusted accord-
ingly.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall not apply to any
special election that will occur in the city of New York for which
petitions are required to be filed before February 15, 2021 and shall
expire December 31, 2021, when upon such date the provisions of this act
shall be deemed repealed.
