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                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to removing  the  require-
   ment of a sworn statement administered by a notary public for purposes
   of petitions

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6-132  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  106  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a  duly  quali-
 fied  voter  of  the  state,  the following statement signed by a notary
 public or commissioner of deeds shall be accepted:
   On the dates above indicated before me personally  came  each  of  the
 voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
 ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in  my  pres-
 ence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said
 that  the  foregoing  statement  made  and subscribed by him or her, was
 true] AFTER INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON IS THE SAME PERSON THAT  IS
 LISTED AT THAT ADDRESS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 TO THE  NOTARY PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.
 Date:..................
 
                                         .............................
                                         (Signature and official title
                                         of officer administering oath)
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 6-140 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 106 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  In  lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali-
 fied voter of the state, the following  statement  signed  by  a  notary
 public or commissioner of deeds shall be accepted:
   On  the  dates  above  indicated before me personally came each of the
              

 voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 .......... (fill  in  number) signatures, who signed same in my presence
 [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said that
 the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him  or  her,  was  true]
 AFTER INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON IS THE SAME PERSON THAT IS LISTED
 AT THAT ADDRESS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO THE
 NOTARY PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.
 Date: ......................
 
                                    ................................
                                    (Signature and official title
                                     of officer administering oath)
   §  3.  The  closing paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 6-204 of the
 election law, as separately amended by chapters 106 and 176 of the  laws
 of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   In  lieu  of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly qualified
 voter of the state qualified to sign the petition, the following  state-
 ment signed by a notary public shall be accepted:
   On  the  dates  above  indicated before me personally came each of the
 voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
 ............. (fill  in  number) signatures, who signed same in my pres-
 ence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said
 that the foregoing statement made and subscribed  by  him  or  her,  was
 true]  AFTER INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON IS THE SAME PERSON THAT IS
 LISTED AT THAT ADDRESS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 TO THE NOTARY PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.
 Date..................
 
                      ...............................
                      (Signature and official title
                      of officer administering oath)
 
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   § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 6-206 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   2. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a  duly  quali-
 fied  voter  of  the state qualified to sign the petition, the following
 statement signed by a notary public shall be accepted:
   On the dates above indicated before me personally  came  each  of  the
 voters    whose    signatures    appear    on    this   petition   sheet
 containing ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in
 my presence [and who, being by  me  duly  sworn,  each  for  himself  or
 herself, said that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or
 her, was true] AFTER INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON IS THE SAME PERSON
 THAT  IS  LISTED AT THAT ADDRESS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS TO THE  NOTARY PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.
 
 Date:..................

                       ...............................
                       (Signature and official title
                        of officer administering oath)
     Page No........
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.