Bill Text: NY A09487 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the board of elections to place the names of candidates on multiple pages of a ballot for any election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-07 - referred to election law [A09487 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09487-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9487
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 7, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to ballots
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 7-112
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 7-112. MULTIPLE PAGE BALLOTS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE OR REGU-
    4  LATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED  TO
    5  PLACE  THE  NAMES OF CANDIDATES ON A BALLOT FOR ANY ELECTION ON MULTIPLE
    6  PAGES.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    8  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    9  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   10  tation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or
   11  before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13475-01-1