Bill Text: NY A02693 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to signatures for any party position of member of the ward, town, city or county committee; not less than three per centum of the then enrolled voters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-02-20 - signed chap.18 [A02693 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02693-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2693
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 25, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
        AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to signatures for certain
          party positions; and providing for the repeal of such provisions  upon
          expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 6-136 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  two  of  this section, for any party
     4  position of member of the ward, town, city  or  county  committee,  such
     5  petitions  must  be signed by not less than three per centum of the then
     6  enrolled voters of the party residing within the election  district  for
     7  which  such  position  is  to  be  voted  (excluding  voters in inactive
     8  status).
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire  December
    10  31,  2020 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
    11  repealed.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08923-02-9
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