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Assembly Bill A827
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GANTT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2011-A827 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A827 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits multiple party designations for candidates for public office, except for a judicial office; provides that where a person has been designated as candidate for nomination of more than one party for the same public office and accepts designations of a party of which such person is not enrolled, all such other designations shall be deemed to have been declined.
2011-A827 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 827 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting multiple party designations for candidates for public office and to repeal subdivision 5 of section 7-104 of such law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6-146 of the election law is amended to read as follows: 1. A person designated as a candidate for nomination or for party position, or nominated for an office, otherwise than at a primary election, may, in a certificate signed and acknowledged by him OR HER, and filed as provided in this article, decline the designation or nomi- nation; provided, however, that, if designated or nominated for a public office other than a judicial office by a party of which he OR SHE is not a duly enrolled member, or if designated or nominated for a public office other than a judicial office by more than one party or independ- ent body or by an independent body alone, such person shall, in a certificate signed and acknowledged by him OR HER, and filed as provided in this article, accept the designation or nomination as a candidate of each such party or independent body other than that of the party of which he OR SHE is an enrolled member, otherwise such designation or nomination shall be null and void; PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT IF A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION OF MORE THAN ONE PARTY FOR THE SAME PUBLIC OFFICE, EXCEPT JUDICIAL OFFICE, ACCEPTS THE DESIGNATION OF A PARTY OF WHICH HE OR SHE IS NOT ENROLLED, ALL OTHER SUCH DESIGNATIONS OF SUCH CANDIDATE FOR SUCH OFFICE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN DECLINED. IF A PERSON WHO ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION OF AN INDEPENDENT BODY FOR AN OFFICE, EXCEPT JUDICIAL OFFICE, IS ALSO NOMI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03261-01-1
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