Assembly Bill A4582

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the order in which candidates appear on the ballot

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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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2021-A4582 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1283
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-104, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A725, S5943

2021-A4582 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the order in which candidates appear on the ballot; requires that offices shall be listed on the ballot in descending order based on the size of the electorate and requires certain federal offices to be listed before state, county or local offices.

2021-A4582 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4582
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to the order in which
   candidates appear on the ballot
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of section 7-104 of the election law, as
 added by chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   11. [The offices appearing on all  ballots  shall  be  listed  in  the
 customary order] (A) THE OFFICES APPEARING ON ALL BALLOTS SHALL BE LIST-
 ED  IN  THE  ORDER  OF  PRECEDENCE,  AS APPLICABLE TO THE OFFICES UP FOR
 ELECTION IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, AS FOLLOWS:    ELECTORS  FOR  PRESIDENT  AND
 VICE-PRESIDENT  OF  THE UNITED STATES, GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
 NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER, NEW  YORK  STATE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL,  UNITED
 STATES  SENATOR,  MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NEW YORK STATE
 SENATOR, MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY.  ANY OFFICE WHICH IS NOT
 LISTED IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT  IN  A  POSITION
 BEFORE OR AHEAD OF AN OFFICE WHICH IS LISTED.
   (B)  IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE OFFICES IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, ALL OTHER OFFICES SHALL BE PLACED UPON THE BALLOT IN THE CUSTOM-
 ARY ORDER; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT PARTISAN OFFICES  REGARDLESS  OF  THE
 SIZE  OF THE CONSTITUENCY SHALL BE LISTED BEFORE OR AHEAD OF NONPARTISAN
 OFFICES AND ALL CANDIDATES FOR JUDICIAL OFFICES SHALL FOLLOW  ALL  OTHER
 PARTISAN OFFICES.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02981-01-1

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