Senate Bill S7980

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes withdrawal from a primary election run-off

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3563 - Signed by Governor

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

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2009-S7980 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3563
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6-162, El L

2009-S7980 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes withdrawal from a primary election run-off.

2009-S7980 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7980 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7980

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 27, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- 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 withdrawal from a  run-
  off election after a primary

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

  Section 1.  Section 6-162 of the election law, as amended  by  chapter
418 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
  S  6-162. Primary; New York City, run-off. 1. In the city of New York,
when no candidate for the office of  mayor,  public  advocate  or  comp-
troller  receives forty percent or more of the votes cast by the members
of a political party for such office in a  city-wide  primary  election,
the  board  of  elections  of  such city shall conduct a run-off primary
election between the two candidates receiving  the  greatest  number  of
votes for the same office.
  2.    IN  ANY  JURISDICTION THAT AUTHORIZES A RUN-OFF ELECTION AFTER A
PRIMARY ELECTION, IF ONE OF THE TWO CANDIDATES  RECEIVING  THE  GREATEST
NUMBER  OF  VOTES  FOR  THE  SAME  OFFICE  FILES WITH THE LOCAL BOARD OF
ELECTIONS A CERTIFICATE OF WITHDRAWAL WITHIN THREE DAYS  FOLLOWING  SUCH
PRIMARY  ELECTION, THE BOARD SHALL ACCEPT AND CERTIFY THE WITHDRAWAL AND
DECLARE THE REMAINING CANDIDATE THE WINNER AND NO SUCH  RUN-OFF  PRIMARY
ELECTION  SHALL  BE  HELD.    SUCH CERTIFICATE OF WITHDRAWAL SHALL BE IN
AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION FORM  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
ELECTIONS.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02081-01-9

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