Bill Text: NY A02396 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the number of votes an independent party needs to become a recognized political party in New York state from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to election law [A02396 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02396-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2396
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  increasing  number  of
         votes  an  independent  political  party  needs to become a recognized
         political party in New York state
         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  1-104 of the election law is
    2  amended to read as follows:
    3    3. The term "party" means any political organization which at the last
    4  preceding election for governor polled  at  least  [fifty]  ONE  HUNDRED
    5  thousand votes for its candidate for governor.
    6    S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and shall apply to
    7  elections occurring on and after November 1, 2014.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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