NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A8969

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Aug 13, 2025	referred to election law

2025-A8969 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Election Law
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§6-132, 6-140, 6-144, 6-204, 6-206, 15-108 & 3-220, El L

2025-A8969 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the requirement that candidates include their home address on nominating or designating petition forms.

2025-A8969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8969
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to removing  the  require-
   ment for candidates to include their home address on petition forms
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6-132  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  section  2 of part QQ of chapter 55 of the laws of 2025, is
 amended and a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
   1. Each sheet of a designating petition shall be  signed  in  ink  and
 shall  contain  the  following information and shall be in substantially
 the following form:
   I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a duly enrolled voter of
 the.................... party and entitled to vote at the  next  primary
 election  of  such  party,  to be held on..............., 20...; that my
 place of residence is truly stated opposite my signature hereto,  and  I
 do  hereby designate the following named person (or persons) as a candi-
 date (or candidates) for the nomination of such party for public  office
 or for election to a party position of such party.
 
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
  **(JOINTLY DESIGNATED CANDIDACY FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR)**
 
   Name of             Governor               Residence AND/OR POLITICAL
   Candidate                                  SUBDIVISION of Candidate
   for Governor                               for Governor
   ............                               .........................
   ............                               .........................
 
   Name of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13395-03-5

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   Candidate for
   Lieutenant          Lieutenant Governor    Residence AND/OR POLITICAL
   Governor                                   SUBDIVISION of Candidate
                                              for Lieutenant Governor
   ............                               .........................
   ............                               .........................
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                    Public Office             Place of Residence AND/OR
                    or party position         POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
  Names of          (include district number, (also post office address,
  candidates        if applicable)            if not identical)
  ............      ................          .........................
  ............      ................          .........................
 
   I  do  hereby appoint .............................. (insert the names
 and addresses of at least three persons, all of whom shall  be  enrolled
 voters  of  said  party)  as a committee to fill vacancies in accordance
 with the provisions of the election law.
   In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my  hand,  the  day  and  year
 placed opposite my signature.
 
   Date                Name of Signer         Residence
   ............        ............           .........................
   ............        ............           .........................
                                              Town or city (except
                                              in the city of New
                                              York, the county)
                                              ............
                                              ............
 
   1-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A CANDIDATE SHALL NOT
 BE  REQUIRED  TO  LIST THEIR FULL HOME ADDRESS ON THE COVER SHEET OR ANY
 PAGE OF A DESIGNATING PETITION OR INDEPENDENT  NOMINATING  PETITION.  IN
 LIEU  THEREOF, THE CANDIDATE MAY LIST THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN WHICH
 THEY RESIDE, SUCH AS THE CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE, AND THE COUNTY OF RESI-
 DENCE.
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section  6-140  of  the  election
 law,  as  amended  by  section 5 of part QQ of chapter 55 of the laws of
 2025, is amended and a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
   a. Each sheet of an independent nominating petition shall be signed in
 ink, shall contain the following information and shall  be  in  substan-
 tially the following form:
   I,  the  undersigned,  do hereby state that I am a registered voter of
 the political unit for which a nomination for public  office  is  hereby
 being  made, that my present place of residence is truly stated opposite
 my signature hereto, and that I do hereby nominate the  following  named
 person  (or  persons)  as a candidate (or as candidates) for election to
 public office (or public offices) to be voted for at the election to  be
 held  on  the  ............  day of ................, 20...., and that I
 select the name ............................ (fill in name) as the  name
 of  the  independent  body  making  the  nomination (or nominations) and
 ................ (fill in emblem) as the emblem of such body.
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 ________________________________________________________________________
 
  **(JOINTLY DESIGNATED CANDIDACY FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR)**
   Name of             Governor               Residence AND/OR POLITICAL
   Candidate                                  SUBDIVISION of Candidate
   for Governor                               for Governor
   ............                               .........................
   ............                               .........................
 
   Name of
   Candidate for
   Lieutenant          Lieutenant Governor    Residence AND/OR POLITICAL
   Governor                                   subdivision
                                              of Candidate for Lieutenant
                                              Governor
   ............                               .........................
   ............                               .........................
 
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                     Public                 Place of residence AND/OR
                     Office                 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
  Name of            (include district      (also post office
  Candidate          number, if applicable) address
                                            if not identical)
  ..........         .................      ..........................
  ..........         .................      ..........................
 
   I  do  hereby  appoint  ............................. (here insert the
 names and addresses of at least three persons,  all  of  whom  shall  be
 registered  voters  within  such political unit), as a committee to fill
 vacancies in accordance with the provisions of the election law.
   In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my  hand,  the  day  and  year
 placed opposite my signature.
   Date                Name of Signer         Residence
   ............        ............           .........................
   ............        ............           .........................
                                              Town or city (except
                                              in the city of New
                                              York, the county)
                                              ............
                                              ............
 
   1-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A CANDIDATE SHALL NOT
 BE  REQUIRED  TO  LIST THEIR FULL HOME ADDRESS ON THE COVER SHEET OR ANY
 PAGE OF A DESIGNATING PETITION OR INDEPENDENT  NOMINATING  PETITION.  IN
 LIEU  THEREOF, THE CANDIDATE MAY LIST THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN WHICH
 THEY RESIDE, SUCH AS THE CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE, AND THE COUNTY OF RESI-
 DENCE.
   § 3. Section 6-144 of the election law, as amended by chapter  635  of
 the laws of 1990, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 150 of the
 laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   §  6-144. Nominating and designating petitions and certificates; place
 for filing.  Petitions, certificates and minutes specified in this arti-
 cle shall be filed in the office of the Board of Elections of the  coun-
 A. 8969                             4
 
 ty, except as follows:  for an office or position to be voted for wholly
 within  the city of New York, in the office of the Board of Elections of
 that city; for an office or position to  be  voted  for  in  a  district
 greater  than  one  county,  or portions of two or more counties, in the
 office of the state board of elections;  for  a  village  office  to  be
 filled in a village election not conducted by the board of elections, in
 the  office  of  the  village clerk. All such petitions and certificates
 shall at the time of filing thereof be endorsed by such officer or board
 with the day, hour and minute of such  filing.  Such  officer  or  board
 shall  keep  a  book,  which shall be open to public inspection in which
 shall be entered the times of filing  all  such  petitions  and  certif-
 icates; the names, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, and residences, IF DISCLOSED,
 of  all candidates named therein; the names, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, and
 residences, IF DISCLOSED, of all candidates certified to such officer or
 board; the title of the office or party position; the name of the  party
 or  independent  body to which the petition or certificate relates and a
 memorandum of any objections to such petition or certificate.  Forthwith
 upon the filing of a petition or certificate designating or nominating a
 person  or  persons  for public office, such officer or board shall mail
 notice thereof to each such person. Such notice  shall  also  state  the
 last day to decline such designation or nomination, and include a state-
 ment  that the candidate's name shall appear on the ballot as it appears
 in such notice.
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 6-204 of the election law, as separately
 amended by chapters 106 and 176 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  and  a
 new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
   1.  Party designations for elective village offices shall be made on a
 designating petition containing the signatures in ink  of  residents  of
 the village who are registered to vote with the appropriate county board
 of  elections  at the time of signing and who are enrolled in such poli-
 tical party. The sheets of such a petition shall be numbered.  A  signer
 need  not [himself or herself] fill in the date or residence THEMSELVES.
 Each sheet of such petition [must] SHALL be in substantially the follow-
 ing form and shall contain all the information required therein:
 
                        PARTY DESIGNATING PETITION
 
   I, the undersigned do hereby state that I am a registered voter of the
 Village of ............. and a duly enrolled voter of the  .............
 party  and  entitled to vote at the next primary election of such party,
 that my place of residence is truly stated opposite my signature hereto,
 and I hereby designate the following named  person  (or  persons)  as  a
 candidate  or  (candidates)  for nomination of such party for the public
 office or (public offices) to be voted for at the primary election to be
 held on the ...... day of ............ 20.... as hereinafter specified.
 
                           Public Office
                           (include district
                           number, if
     Name of Candidate     applicable)         Term          Residence
                                                             AND/OR
                                                             POLITICAL
                                                             SUBDIVISION
 
   ....................  .................   ..........    ............
   ....................  .................   ..........    ............
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   I do hereby appoint (insert names and  addresses  of  at  least  three
 persons,  all  of  whom  shall  be  enrolled  voters of said party) as a
 committee to fill vacancies in accordance with  the  provisions  of  the
 election law.
   In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto set my hand, the day and year
 placed opposite my signature.
 
     Date             Name            Residence
 
    .............   .............   ...............
    .............   .............   ...............
 
                           STATEMENT OF WITNESS

   I ............... (name of witness) state: I am a duly qualified voter
 of the State of New York; and an enrolled voter of the .........  party.
 I now reside at ..... (residence address). Each  of  the  persons  whose
 names  are subscribed to this petition sheet containing ......... signa-
 tures, subscribed [his or her] THEIR name in my presence.
   I understand that this statement will be accepted for all purposes  as
 the  equivalent  of  an  affidavit  and, if it contains a material false
 statement, shall subject me to the same penalties as if I had been  duly
 sworn.
 
    ........................        .................................
       Date:                                 Signature of witness
 
   In  lieu  of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly qualified
 voter of the state qualified to sign the petition, the following  state-
 ment signed by a notary public shall be accepted:
   On  the  dates  above  indicated before me personally came each of the
 voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
 ............. (fill  in  number) signatures, who signed same in my pres-
 ence and who, being by me duly sworn,  each  for  [himself  or  herself]
 THEMSELVES,  said  that  the  foregoing statement made and subscribed by
 [him or her] SUCH PERSON, was true.
 Date..................
 
                      ...............................
                      (Signature and official title
                      of officer administering oath)
 
     Page No........
 
   1-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A CANDIDATE SHALL NOT
 BE REQUIRED TO LIST THEIR FULL HOME ADDRESS ON THE COVER  SHEET  OR  ANY
 PAGE  OF  A  DESIGNATING PETITION OR INDEPENDENT NOMINATING PETITION. IN
 LIEU THEREOF, THE CANDIDATE MAY LIST THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN  WHICH
 THEY RESIDE, SUCH AS THE CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE, AND THE COUNTY OF RESI-
 DENCE.
   § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 6-206 of the election law, as separately
 amended  by  chapters  106 and 176 of the laws of 2017, is amended and a
 new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
   1. Independent nominations for elective village offices shall be  made
 by  a  petition  containing  the  signatures  in ink of residents of the
 village  who  are  registered  with  the  appropriate  county  board  of
 A. 8969                             6
 
 elections at the time of signing. The sheets of such a petition shall be
 numbered.  A  signer  need  not [himself or herself] fill in the date or
 residence THEMSELVES.  Each sheet of such petition [must]  SHALL  be  in
 substantially  the  following form and shall contain all the information
 required therein:
 
                  VILLAGE INDEPENDENT NOMINATING PETITION
 
   I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a  registered  voter  of
 the Village of......., that my present place of residence is truly stat-
 ed  opposite  my signature, and I do hereby nominate the following named
 person (or persons) as a candidate (or as candidates)  for  election  to
 public  office (or public offices) to be voted for at the election to be
 held  on  the.....day  of........, 20.....,  and  that  I   select   the
 name........... (fill  in  name)  as  the  name  of the independent body
 making the nomination (or nominations) and.....(fill in emblem)  as  the
 emblem of such body.
 
     Name of
     Candidate       Public Office               Term        Residence AND/OR
                     (include district                       POLITICAL
                     number, if applicable)                  SUBDIVISION
    .............      ....................      ....      ...............
    .............      ....................      ....      ...............
 
   I  do  hereby  appoint  (insert  names and addresses of at least three
 persons, all of whom shall be registered voters within such village)  as
 a  committee  to fill vacancies in accordance with the provisions of the
 election law.
   In witness whereof, I have signed this petition on the  day  and  year
 stated before my signature.
     Date          Signature           Residence
   ..........    .................   ...................
   ..........    .................   ...................
 
                           STATEMENT OF WITNESS
 
   I, ..................... state that I am a duly qualified voter of the
 State of New York. I now reside at ................ (residence address).
 Each  of  the  voters  whose names are subscribed to this petition sheet
 containing ................ (fill in number) signatures, subscribed [his
 or her] THEIR name in my presence.
   I understand that this statement will be accepted for all purposes  as
 the  equivalent  of  an  affidavit  and, if it contains a material false
 statement, shall subject me to the same penalties as if I had been  duly
 sworn.
  .......................           ..............................
     Date                               Signature of witness
   1-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A CANDIDATE SHALL NOT
 BE  REQUIRED  TO  LIST THEIR FULL HOME ADDRESS ON THE COVER SHEET OR ANY
 PAGE OF A DESIGNATING PETITION OR INDEPENDENT  NOMINATING  PETITION.  IN
 LIEU  THEREOF, THE CANDIDATE MAY LIST THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN WHICH
 THEY RESIDE, SUCH AS THE CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE, AND THE COUNTY OF RESI-
 DENCE.
 A. 8969                             7
 
   § 6. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 15-108  of  the  election
 law,  as separately amended by chapters 106 and 176 of the laws of 2017,
 is amended to read as follows:
   a.  (1)  Party designations for elective village offices shall be made
 on a designating petition containing the signatures in ink of  residents
 of  the  village  who are registered to vote with the appropriate county
 board of elections at the time of signing and who are enrolled  in  such
 political  party.  The sheets of such a petition shall be numbered. Such
 petition [must] SHALL set forth in each instance  the  correct  date  of
 signing,  the name of the signer, and [his or her] SUCH SIGNER'S present
 address, and may set forth a committee to fill vacancies  consisting  of
 at  least  three  qualified voters of the village enrolled in such party
 and their residence within the village. A signer need  not  [himself  or
 herself]  fill  in the date or residence THEMSELVES.  Each sheet of such
 petition [must] SHALL be in substantially the following form  and  shall
 contain all the information required therein:
 
                        PARTY DESIGNATING PETITION
 
   I, the undersigned do hereby state that I am a registered voter of the
 Village  of ...... and  a  duly enrolled voter of the ........ party and
 entitled to vote at the next primary election of  such  party,  that  my
 place  of  residence is truly stated opposite my signature hereto, and I
 hereby designate the following named person (or persons) as a  candidate
 (or  candidates)  for nomination of such party for the public office (or
 public offices) to be voted for at the primary election to  be  held  on
 the ...... day of ........... 20.... as hereinafter specified.
 
                           Public Office
                           (include district
                           number, if
     Name of Candidate     applicable)        Term       Residence AND/OR
                                                         POLITICAL
                                                         SUBDIVISION
 
   ....................  .................   .......   ...............
   ....................  .................   .......   ...............
 
   I  do  hereby  appoint  (insert  names and addresses of at least three
 persons, all of whom shall be  enrolled  voters  of  said  party)  as  a
 committee  to  fill  vacancies  in accordance with the provisions of the
 election law.
   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my  hand,  the  day  and  year
 placed opposite my signature.
 
     Date             Name            Residence AND/OR
                                      POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
 
   .............    .............   ...............
   .............    .............   ...............
 
                           STATEMENT OF WITNESS
 
   I ............... (name of witness) state: I am a duly qualified voter
 of  the State of New York; and an enrolled voter of the ......... party.
 I now reside at ..............(residence address). Each of  the  persons
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 whose     names     are    subscribed    to    this    petition    sheet
 containing ......... signatures, subscribed [his or her] THEIR  name  in
 my presence.
   I  understand that this statement will be accepted for all purposes as
 the equivalent of an affidavit and, if  it  contains  a  material  false
 statement,  shall subject me to the same penalties as if I had been duly
 sworn.
 
   (2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A CANDIDATE SHALL  NOT
 BE  REQUIRED  TO  LIST THEIR FULL HOME ADDRESS ON THE COVER SHEET OR ANY
 PAGE OF A DESIGNATING PETITION OR INDEPENDENT  NOMINATING  PETITION.  IN
 LIEU  THEREOF, THE CANDIDATE MAY LIST THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN WHICH
 THEY RESIDE, SUCH AS THE CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE, AND THE COUNTY OF RESI-
 DENCE.
   § 7. Subdivision 8 of section 3-220 of the election law, as  added  by
 section  6  of  part  F of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 read as follows:
   8. Where a board of elections  receives  a  notification  pursuant  to
 paragraph  (c) of subdivision two of section eight hundred fifty-nine of
 the judiciary law, such  board  of  elections  shall  comply  with  such
 notification[,  except that where the notification requires the board of
 elections to cease making a person's address public,  such  board  shall
 not  comply  therewith  from  the date of filing of any ballot access or
 related document containing such address until  thirty  days  after  the
 last day to commence a special proceeding or action with respect to such
 filing].
   § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.

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