Assembly Bill A3596

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Makes provisions relating to the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor

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  • 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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2019-A3596 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2013
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6-104 & 7-114, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2848, S3259
2011-2012: A3134, S3513
2013-2014: A2052, S2403
2015-2016: A4478, S2717
2017-2018: A2171, S1234
2021-2022: A4766, S3819
2023-2024: A4304, S1513

2019-A3596 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes provisions relating to the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor; provides candidates be designated jointly either by the state committee or by petition; provides said petition will be valid only if it jointly designates both candidates.

2019-A3596 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3596
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A.  ABBATE, CAHILL, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the joint nomination of
   candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  1, 2 and 5 of section 6-104 of the election
 law are amended to read as follows:
   1. Party designation of a candidate for nomination for any  office  to
 be  filled  by the voters of the entire state shall be made by the state
 committee. CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT  GOVER-
 NOR SHALL BE DESIGNATED JOINTLY BY A SINGLE VOTE OF SUCH COMMITTEE.
   2.  The  state  committee  shall make a decision by majority vote. The
 person OR PERSONS receiving the  majority  vote  shall  be  the  party's
 designated candidate OR PAIR OF CANDIDATES for nomination, and all other
 persons  OR PAIRS OF PERSONS who shall have received twenty-five percent
 or more of the vote cast on any ballot shall  have  the  right  to  make
 written  demand, duly acknowledged, to the state board of elections that
 their names appear on the primary ballot as candidates  for  such  nomi-
 nation.   Such demand shall be made not later than seven days after such
 meeting and may be withdrawn in the same  manner  within  fourteen  days
 after such meeting.
   5.  Enrolled members of the party may make other designations by peti-
 tion for [a member] MEMBERS of the same party. A PETITION DESIGNATING  A
 CANDIDATE  FOR  THE  OFFICE  OF GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL BE
 VALID ONLY IF SUCH PETITION JOINTLY DESIGNATES CANDIDATES FOR BOTH  SUCH
 OFFICES ON SUCH PETITION.
   §  2. Subdivision 1 of section 7-114 of the election law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03905-01-9

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