Assembly Resolution No. 1077

BY: M. of A. Kolb

in relation to the election and seating of
Douglas M. Smith as a Member of the Assembly from
the 5th Assembly District

WHEREAS, There is a vacancy existing in the membership of this
House, which was filled at a special election held on April 24, 2018;
and

WHEREAS, The final official canvass of the votes cast at said
election and certification thereof of the person elected thereat, cannot
be made at this time; and

WHEREAS, The board of elections of the state of New York has advised
that the votes cast for the Office of Member of Assembly in the 5th
Assembly District in the county of Suffolk shown by its canvass were
respectively as follows: Deborah L. Slinkosky, Democratic, one thousand
six hundred and fifty-eight; and Douglas M. Smith, Republican,
Conservative, Independence, and Reform, two thousand eight hundred and
forty; and

WHEREAS, It appears that the results of the votes cast in said
Assembly District cannot be affected by the final official canvass of
such voters; and

WHEREAS, Douglas M. Smith has duly taken an oath of office as a
Member of Assembly; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That Douglas M. Smith, Republican, Conservative,
Independence, and Reform, is duly elected and qualified as a Member of
the Assembly for his respective district and that he be seated in this
House as such Member.