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                                   7111
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 1, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the  election  law,  in  relation  to  permit  political
   parties to perform certain functions without forming county committees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6-120  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  164  of  the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. The members of  the  party  committee  representing  the  political
 subdivision of the office for which a designation or nomination is to be
 made,  unless  the  rules of the party provide for another committee, in
 which case the members of such other committee[, and except  as  herein-
 after  in  this  subdivision provided with respect to certain offices in
 the city of New York], may, by a majority vote of those present at  such
 meeting provided a quorum is present, authorize the designation or nomi-
 nation  of a person as candidate for any office who is not enrolled as a
 member of such party as provided in this section.  [In]  NOTWITHSTANDING
 THE  FOREGOING, IN the event that such designation or nomination is MADE
 BY A MAJOR PARTY for an office to be filled by all  the  voters  of  the
 city of New York, such authorization must be by a majority vote of those
 present  at  a  joint meeting of the executive committees of each of the
 county committees of the party within the city of New York,  provided  a
 quorum  is  present  at  such  meeting. The certificate of authorization
 shall be filed not later than four days after the last day to  file  the
 designating  petition,  certificate  of  nomination  or  certificate  of
 substitution to which such  authorization  relates,  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  para-
 graph b of subdivision three of section forty-two of the public officers
 law.  The  certificate of authorization shall be signed and acknowledged
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 by the presiding officer and the secretary of the meeting at which  such
 authorization was given.
   §  2.  Subdivision  2 of section 16-110 of the election law is amended
 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
   2. The [chairman] CHAIRPERSON of the county committee of a party  with
 which a voter is enrolled in such county, OR, IN THE ABSENCE OF A COUNTY
 COMMITTEE IN SUCH COUNTY, A PERSON ELECTED FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY A MAJORI-
 TY  VOTE  OF  THE  STATE  COMMITTEE OF THE PARTY AT A REGULAR OR SPECIAL
 MEETING OF THE PARTY AT WHICH A QUORUM IS PRESENT, may, upon  a  written
 complaint by an enrolled member of such party in such county and after a
 hearing  held  by  [him]  SUCH PERSON or by a sub-committee appointed by
 [him] SUCH  PERSON  upon  at  least  two  days'  notice  to  the  voter,
 personally  or by mail, determine that the voter is not in sympathy with
 the principles of such party. The Supreme Court  or  a  justice  thereof
 within  the  judicial  district,  in  a  proceeding instituted by a duly
 enrolled voter of the party at least ten days before a primary election,
 shall direct the enrollment of such voter to be cancelled if it  appears
 from the proceedings before such [chairman] PERSON or sub-committee, and
 other proofs, if any, presented, that such determination is just.
   3.  THE  STATE  COMMITTEE  OF A PARTY MAY ELECT, BY MAJORITY VOTE AT A
 REGULAR OR SPECIAL MEETING AT WHICH A QUORUM IS  PRESENT,  A  PERSON  OR
 PERSONS  TO  RECEIVE COMPLAINTS, HOLD HEARINGS AND INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS
 UNDER THIS SECTION FOR ANY COUNTY OR COUNTIES IN WHICH THERE IS NO COUN-
 TY COMMITTEE OF SUCH PARTY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.