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Assembly Bill A722

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the order of names on ballots for special elections

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2025-A722 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-116, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6541
2021-2022: A4248
2023-2024: A321

2025-A722 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Orders the names on ballots for special elections in the same manner as ordered for general and primary elections.

2025-A722 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    722
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the order of  names  on
   ballots for special elections
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section  7-116  of
 the election law are amended to read as follows:
   Ballots;  order  of names on; GENERAL, PRIMARY, AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
 1. In printing the names of candidates on the ballot FOR  A  GENERAL  OR
 SPECIAL  ELECTION, the candidate or candidates of the party which polled
 for its candidate for the office  of  governor  at  the  last  preceding
 election  for  such  office the highest number of votes, shall be row or
 column A or one and the candidates of the other parties shall be  placed
 on such ballot in descending order of such votes.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02290-01-5

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