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Senate Bill S162
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S162 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง6-154, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S2289
2009-S162 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Permits that any enrolled member of a party who resides within the county and the assembly district which contains the election district from which the party position of member of county committee shall be elected, shall be eligible to file written objections to a designating petition, petition for opportunity to ballot, certificate of acceptance, certificate of declination and certificate of substitution relating to such party position.
2009-S162 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S162 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to eligibility to file written objections to nominations and designations PURPOSE/SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : To permit any enrolled member of a party who resides within a county and Assembly District to file written objections to a designating petition, petition for opportunity to ballot, certificate of acceptance, certificate of declination and certificate of substitution relating to the party position of Member of County committee within the county in which the objector resides. Amends sec 6-154 (2) of the election law to provide that for the position of Member of County Committee any enrolled member of the party who resides within the county and Assembly District is eligible to file objections. EXISTING LAW : Under existing law, an enrolled member of the party must reside within the same election district as the vacancy of Member of County Committee is for. JUSTIFICATION : It is extremely burdensome to have individual objectors file for each
2009-S162 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 162 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- 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 eligibility to file written objections to nominations and designations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6-154 of the election law, as amended by chapter 248 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: 2. Written objections to any certificate of designation or nomination or to a nominating or designating petition or a petition for opportunity to ballot for public office or to a certificate of acceptance, a certif- icate of authorization, a certificate of declination or a certificate of substitution relating thereto may be filed by any voter registered to vote for such public office and to a designating petition or a petition for opportunity to ballot for party position or a certificate of substi- tution, a certificate of acceptance or a certificate of declination relating thereto by any voter enrolled to vote for such party position, EXCEPT THAT FOR THE PARTY POSITION OF MEMBER OF COUNTY COMMITTEE, ANY ENROLLED MEMBER OF THE PARTY WHO RESIDES WITHIN THE COUNTY AND THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT WHICH CONTAINS THE ELECTION DISTRICT FROM WHICH SUCH PARTY POSITION IS TO BE ELECTED IS ELIGIBLE TO FILE SUCH OBJECTIONS. Such objections shall be filed with the officer or board with whom the original petition or certificate is filed within three days after the filing of the petition or certificate to which objection is made, or within three days after the last day to file such a certificate, if no such certificate is filed except that if any person nominated by an independent nominating petition, is nominated as a party candidate for the same office by a party certificate filed, or a party nomination made after the filing of such petition, the written objection to such peti- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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