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Jan 20, 2023 | referred to election law |
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A1720 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§6-158 & 8-100, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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A1720 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1720 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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 164 of the laws of 2022, 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, provided however, such certificate shall be filed not later than nine days following the issuance of a proclamation of a special election held pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision three of section forty-two of the public officers law. 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, provided however, such certificate shall be filed EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06132-01-3