Bill Text: NY S08454 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Eliminates the ability of judicial candidates for office who are enrolled in a particular party to automatically be allowed to run as a candidate in another party's primary election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-31 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S08454 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08454-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8454

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 31, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to eliminating the ability
          of judicial candidates for office who are  enrolled  in  a  particular
          party  to  automatically  be  allowed to run as a candidate in another
          party's primary election

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 6-120 of the election law, as
     2  amended by chapter 373 of the laws  of  1978,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    4.  This  section  shall not apply to a political party designating or
     5  nominating candidates for the first time[,] or to  candidates  nominated
     6  by party caucus[, nor to candidates for judicial offices].
     7    § 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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