Assembly Bill A4682

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires local boards of elections to verify the number of enrolled members of a party in an election district

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A4682 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-154, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3321
2011-2012: A2692
2013-2014: A3970
2015-2016: A2771
2017-2018: A3529
2019-2020: A3181
2021-2022: A1775

2023-A4682 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires local boards of elections to verify the number of enrolled members of a party in an election district and reject all petitions where there are no enrolled members of a party in such district.

2023-A4682 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4682
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  requiring  the  local
   boards of election to verify the number of enrolled members of a party
   in such districts and reject all petitions where there are no enrolled
   members of a party in such districts

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6-154  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  744  of  the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Any petition or certificate filed with the officer or board charged
 with the duty of receiving it shall be presumptively valid if it  is  in
 proper  form  and  appears  to  bear the requisite number of signatures,
 authenticated in a manner prescribed by this chapter, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT THE LOCAL BOARD VERIFIES THE NUMBER OF ENROLLED MEMBERS OF A  PARTY
 IN  SUCH DISTRICTS AND REJECTS ALL PETITIONS WHERE THERE ARE NO ENROLLED
 MEMBERS OF SUCH PARTY IN SUCH DISTRICT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become  a  law;  provided,  however,
 that  if  chapter 744 of the laws of 2022 shall not have taken effect on
 or before such date then section one of this act shall  take  effect  on
 the same date and in the same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2022
 takes effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09462-01-3

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