Provides that a person designated as a candidate for two or more party nominations for an office to be filled at the time of a general election who is not nominated at a primary election by one or more such parties may decline a nomination not later than the last day to certify the ballot or to determine the candidates and questions that shall appear on the ballot; relates to the timing for certain candidates to decline a designation or nomination under certain circumstances.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8970
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
August 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. YEGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the timing for a candi-
date to decline a nomination
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 and the opening paragraph of subdivision 7 of
section 6-146 of the election law, subdivision 6 as added by chapter 276
of the laws of 2021 and the opening paragraph of subdivision 7 as added
by chapter 178 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
6. A person designated as a candidate for two or more party nomi-
nations for an office to be filled at the time of a general election who
is not nominated at a primary election by one or more such parties may
decline the nomination of one or more parties not later than [ten days
after the primary election] THE LAST DAY TO CERTIFY THE BALLOT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 4-112 OF THIS CHAPTER OR TO DETERMINE THE CANDIDATES DULY
NOMINATED FOR PUBLIC OFFICE AND THE QUESTIONS THAT SHALL APPEAR ON THE
BALLOT PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-114 OF THIS CHAPTER.
A person designated as a candidate for nomination or for party posi-
tion, or nominated for an office, may, in a certificate signed and
acknowledged by such person and filed no later than the last day to
certify the ballot pursuant to section 4-110 or section 4-112 of this
chapter OR THE LAST DAY TO DETERMINE THE CANDIDATES DULY NOMINATED FOR
PUBLIC OFFICE AND THE QUESTIONS THAT SHALL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 4-114 OF THIS CHAPTER, decline the designation or nomination
under the following circumstances:
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13444-01-5
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