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                                   3351
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to reducing the numbers of
   signatures required for  designating  and  nominating  petitions;  and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6-136  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  79  of  the laws of 1992, the opening paragraph as
 amended by chapter 659 of the  laws  of  1994  and  paragraph  (c-1)  as
 amended  by chapter 418 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new subdi-
 vision 2-a is added to read as follows:
   2. [All] SUBJECT TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO-A  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  ALL  other  petitions must be signed by not less than five per
 centum, as determined by the preceding enrollment, of the then  enrolled
 voters  of  the  party  residing  within the political unit in which the
 office or position is to be voted  for  (excluding  voters  in  inactive
 status),  provided,  however,  that for the following public offices the
 number of signatures need not exceed the following limits:
   (a) For any office to be filled by all voters of the city of New York,
 seven thousand five hundred signatures;
   (b) For any office to be filled by all the voters  of  any  county  or
 borough within the city of New York, four thousand signatures;
   (c)  For  any  office  to be filled in the city of New York by all the
 voters of any municipal court district, one thousand five hundred signa-
 tures;
   (c-1) For any office to be filled in the city of New York by  all  the
 voters of any city council district, nine hundred signatures;
   (d)  For  any office to be filled by all the voters of cities or coun-
 ties, except the city of New York and counties therein, containing  more

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 than  two  hundred  fifty  thousand  inhabitants  according  to the last
 preceding federal enumeration, two thousand signatures;
   (e)  For  any office to be filled by all the voters of cities or coun-
 ties containing more than twenty-five thousand and  not  more  than  two
 hundred  fifty  thousand  inhabitants,  according  to the last preceding
 federal enumeration, one thousand signatures;
   (f) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any other city or
 county, or of a councilmanic district in any city other than the city of
 New York, five hundred signatures;
   (g) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional
 district, twelve hundred fifty signatures;
   (h) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any state senato-
 rial district, one thousand signatures;
   (i) For any office  to  be  filled  by  all  voters  of  any  assembly
 district, five hundred signatures;
   (j)  For  any  office  to be filled by all the voters of any political
 subdivision, except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  contained  within
 another  political  subdivision,  not to exceed the number of signatures
 required for the larger subdivision;
   (k) For any other office to be filled by the  voters  of  a  political
 subdivision  containing more than one assembly district, county or other
 political subdivision, not to exceed the  aggregate  of  the  signatures
 required for the subdivisions or parts of subdivisions so contained; and
   (l) For any county legislative district, five hundred signatures.
   2-A. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, ANY PROVISION OF
 THE  NEW  YORK  CITY CHARTER, OR OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION PROVIDING
 FOR GREATER THRESHOLDS TO THE CONTRARY, WITH RESPECT TO PETITIONS SIGNED
 ON  OR  BEFORE  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  ALL
 PETITIONS  SIGNED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION MUST BE
 SIGNED BY NOT LESS THAN ONE AND ONE-HALF  PER CENTUM OR  THIRTY  PERCENT
 OF  THE  SIGNATURE  THRESHOLD  NUMBERS STATED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
 SECTION, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
   § 2. This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  provided  that  the
 provisions of this act shall not apply to any special election that will
 occur  in  the  city  of New York for which petitions are required to be
 filed before February 15, 2021; and provided further that this act shall
 expire December 31, 2021, when upon such date the provisions of this act
 shall be deemed repealed.