Assembly Bill A3321

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires local boards of elections to verify the number of enrolled members of a party in an election district

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A3321 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6-154, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2692
2013-2014: A3970
2015-2016: A2771
2017-2018: A3529
2019-2020: A3181
2021-2022: A1775
2023-2024: A4682

2009-A3321 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires local boards of elections to verify the number of enrolled members of a party in an election district and reject all petitions where there are no enrolled members of a party in such district.

2009-A3321 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3321

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GORDON
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  requiring  the  local
  boards of election to verify the number of enrolled members of a party
  in such districts and reject all petitions where there are no enrolled
  members of a party in such districts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  6-154  of  the  election  law  is
amended to read as follows:
  1.  Any petition filed with the officer or board charged with the duty
of receiving it shall be presumptively valid if it is in proper form and
appears to bear the requisite number of signatures, authenticated  in  a
manner  prescribed  by  this  chapter, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE LOCAL
BOARD VERIFIES THE NUMBER  OF  ENROLLED  MEMBERS  OF  A  PARTY  IN  SUCH
DISTRICTS  AND REJECTS ALL PETITIONS WHERE THERE ARE NO ENROLLED MEMBERS
OF SUCH PARTY IN SUCH DISTRICTS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06757-01-9


              

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