Extends the timeframe during which a proceeding with respect to a primary, convention, meeting of a party committee or caucus shall be instituted to twenty-five days after the holding of such primary or convention or the filing of the certificate of nominations made at such caucus or meeting of a party committee.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10646
I N A S S E M B L Y
July 22, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simon) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to extending the timeframe
during which a proceeding with respect to a primary, convention, meet-
ing of a party committee or caucus shall be instituted
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 16-102 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 474 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
2. A proceeding with respect to a petition shall be instituted within
fourteen days after the last day to file the petition, within four days
after the last day that a certificate to fill a vacancy in a designation
shall be filed, or within three business days after the officer or board
with whom or which such petition was filed, makes a determination of
invalidity with respect to such petition or certificate to fill a vacan-
cy, whichever is later; except that a proceeding with respect to a peti-
tion for a village election or a nomination for a special election shall
be instituted within seven days after the last day to file the certif-
icate or petition for such village election or nomination or within
three business days after the officer or board with whom or which such
certificate or petition was filed, makes a determination of invalidity
with respect to such certificate or petition, whichever is later. A
proceeding with respect to a primary, convention, meeting of a party
committee, or caucus shall be instituted within [ten] TWENTY-FIVE days
after the holding of such primary or convention or the filing of the
certificate of nominations made at such caucus or meeting of a party
committee.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15910-01-4
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