Bill Text: NY A03160 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the acceptance of nominations for office or for a party position.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A03160 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03160-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3160
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the acceptance of nomi-
          nations for office or for a party position
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  6-146  of  the  election  law  is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    1.  A  person  designated  as  a candidate for nomination or for party
     4  position, or nominated for  an  office,  otherwise  than  at  a  primary
     5  election,  may,  in a certificate signed and acknowledged by him or her,
     6  and filed as provided in this article, decline the designation or  nomi-
     7  nation; provided, however, that, if designated or nominated for a public
     8  office other than a judicial office by a party of which he or she is not
     9  a  duly  enrolled  member,  or  if  designated or nominated for a public
    10  office other than a judicial office by more than one party or  independ-
    11  ent  body  or  by  an  independent  body  alone, such person shall, in a
    12  certificate signed and acknowledged by him or her, and filed as provided
    13  in this article, accept the designation or nomination as a candidate  of
    14  each  such  party  or  independent  body other than that of the party of
    15  which he or she is an enrolled member, and state that he  or  she  is  a
    16  citizen  of  the  state  of  New York; is eligible to be elected to such
    17  office or position; and, if elected will at the time of commencement  of
    18  the term of such office or position, meet the constitutional or statuto-
    19  ry qualifications thereof or, with respect to judicial office, will meet
    20  such  qualifications  within thirty days of the commencement of the term
    21  of such office, otherwise such designation or nomination shall  be  null
    22  and void.
    23    § 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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