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                                   7427
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 16, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 authorizing  the  board
   of elections to alter the presidential ballot
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 4-110 of the election law, as amended by chapter  5
 of the laws of 2019, is amended  to read as follows:
   §  4-110. Certification of primary election candidates; state board of
 elections. 1. The state board of elections, not  later  than  fifty-five
 days  before  a  primary election, shall certify to each county board of
 elections: The name and residence of each  candidate  to  be  voted  for
 within  the  political  subdivision of such board for whom a designation
 has been filed with the state board; the title of the office or position
 for which the candidate is designated; the name of the party upon  whose
 primary  ballot  [his  or her] THE CANDIDATE'S name is to be placed; and
 the order in which the names of the candidates  are  to  be  printed  as
 determined  by  the  state  board. Where an office or position is uncon-
 tested, such certification shall state such fact.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,  A  CANDIDATE  FOR
 WHOM  A DESIGNATION HAS BEEN FILED WHO HAS BEEN FOUND BY THE STATE BOARD
 OF ELECTIONS TO HAVE ENGAGED IN INSURRECTION OR  REBELLION  AGAINST  THE
 UNITED STATES, OR GIVEN AID OR COMFORT TO THE ENEMIES THEREOF, SHALL NOT
 BE  SO  CERTIFIED,  UNLESS THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, BY A VOTE OF TWO-
 THIRDS OF EACH HOUSE, HAS REMOVED SUCH DISABILITY. FOR PURPOSES OF  SUCH
 DETERMINATION,  WHERE  THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS UNABLE TO REACH A
 FINDING, THE QUESTION SHALL, WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS,  BE  REFERRED  TO
 THE  OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THE
 STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR A FORMAL OPINION, WHICH, ABSENT A  CONTRARY
 ORDER  BY  A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE OF THE
 INQUIRY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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