Bill Text: NY A10873 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the definition of the term "name" for purposes of designating or nominating a candidate for public office or party position.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-24 - referred to election law [A10873 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10873-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10873 IN ASSEMBLY July 24, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Aubry) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to directing that the use of a candidate's alternate, familiar or anglicized name is permissible on electoral nominating petitions and ballots The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1-104 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 39 to read as follows: 3 39. The term "name" for purposes of designating or nominating a candi- 4 date for public office or party position shall mean an individual's 5 formal name or an alternate, anglicized, or familiar form of a name or 6 nickname, notwithstanding the candidate's proper name as it appears on 7 his or her voter registration form, provided that such name is demon- 8 strated to be commonly used to identify the candidate in the candidate's 9 community, does not include a descriptive term, and further provided 10 that the use of such name is not intended to mislead or confuse poten- 11 tial signatories, and would not tend to confuse or mislead potential 12 signatories, as to the candidate's identity. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16316-07-0
