Bill Text: NY A00374 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Removes the requirement of a sworn statement administered by a notary public for purposes of petitions; requires the notary public to inquire whether the person is the same listed on the address.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A00374 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00374-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           374
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to removing  the  require-
          ment of a sworn statement administered by a notary public for purposes
          of petitions
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6-132  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  106  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a  duly  quali-
     5  fied  voter  of  the  state,  the following statement signed by a notary
     6  public or commissioner of deeds shall be accepted:
     7    On the dates above indicated before me personally  came  each  of  the
     8  voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
     9  ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in  my  pres-
    10  ence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said
    11  that  the  foregoing  statement  made  and subscribed by him or her, was
    12  true] after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person that  is
    13  listed at that address on information provided by the board of elections
    14  to the  notary public or commissioner of deeds.
    15  Date:..................
    16                                          .............................
    17                                          (Signature and official title
    18                                          of officer administering oath)
    19    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 6-140 of the election law, as amended by
    20  chapter 106 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    21    2.  In  lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali-
    22  fied voter of the state, the following  statement  signed  by  a  notary
    23  public or commissioner of deeds shall be accepted:
    24    On  the  dates  above  indicated before me personally came each of the
    25  voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  .......... (fill  in  number) signatures, who signed same in my presence
     2  [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said that
     3  the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him  or  her,  was  true]
     4  after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person that is listed
     5  at that address on information provided by the board of elections to the
     6  notary public or commissioner of deeds.
     7  Date: ......................
     8                                     ................................
     9                                     (Signature and official title
    10                                      of officer administering oath)
    11    §  3.  The  closing paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 6-204 of the
    12  election law, as separately amended by chapters 106 and 176 of the  laws
    13  of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    14    In  lieu  of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly qualified
    15  voter of the state qualified to sign the petition, the following  state-
    16  ment signed by a notary public shall be accepted:
    17    On  the  dates  above  indicated before me personally came each of the
    18  voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
    19  ............. (fill  in  number) signatures, who signed same in my pres-
    20  ence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said
    21  that the foregoing statement made and subscribed  by  him  or  her,  was
    22  true]  after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person that is
    23  listed at that address on information provided by the board of elections
    24  to the notary public or commissioner of deeds.
    25  Date..................
    26                       ...............................
    27                       (Signature and official title
    28                       of officer administering oath)
    29      Page No........
    30    § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 6-206 of the election law, as amended by
    31  chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
    32    2. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a  duly  quali-
    33  fied  voter  of  the state qualified to sign the petition, the following
    34  statement signed by a notary public shall be accepted:
    35    On the dates above indicated before me personally  came  each  of  the
    36  voters    whose    signatures    appear    on    this   petition   sheet
    37  containing ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in
    38  my presence [and who, being by  me  duly  sworn,  each  for  himself  or
    39  herself, said that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or
    40  her, was true] after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person
    41  that  is  listed at that address on information provided by the board of
    42  elections to the  notary public or commissioner of deeds.
    43  Date:..................
    44                        ...............................
    45                        (Signature and official title
    46                         of officer administering oath)
    47      Page No........
    48    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.