Assembly Bill A2103A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Amends provisions of the election law to address certain issues affecting village elections

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A2103 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S899
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§15-108 & 15-128, add §15-115, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10647, S7380
2015-2016: A5942, S1247
2017-2018: A5640

2013-A2103 - Summary

Relates to clarifying the number of signatures required on an independent nominating petition in a municipality with less than a thousand residents; relates to declination of office and filling vacancies; relates to establishing residency at the time of nomination in village elections; relates to paper ballots counted by hand in village elections and eliminating the ability of a candidate to timely file via mailing with postmark before midnight of the last date to file a petition.

2013-A2103 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2103

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Election Law

AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to clarifying the number
  of signatures required on an  independent  nominating  petition  in  a
  municipality  with  less  than  a  thousand  residents, declination of
  office and filling vacancies, establishing residency at  the  time  of
  nomination  in  village  elections,  paper  ballots counted by hand in
  village elections and eliminating the ability of a candidate to timely
  file via mailing with postmark before midnight of  the  last  date  to
  file a petition

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 15-108  of  the  election  law  is
amended to read as follows:
  6.  An  independent  nominating  petition for a village office must be
signed by at least one hundred voters in  villages  containing  a  popu-
lation  of  five  thousand  or  more; by at least seventy-five voters in
villages containing a population of three thousand and  less  than  five
thousand;  and  by  at least fifty voters in villages containing a popu-
lation of one thousand and less than three  thousand;  and  in  villages
containing a population of less than one thousand by voters numbering at
least five per centum of the number of [voters] THOSE PERSONS REGISTERED
TO  VOTE  at the last regular village election. For the purposes of this
section, the population of a village shall be  determined  by  the  last
federal  decennial  or  local special population census federally super-
vised pursuant to section twenty of the general municipal law.
  S 2. The opening paragraph of section 15-128 of the  election  law  is
designated  subdivision  1  and  a new subdivision 2 is added to read as
follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03537-01-3
              

2013-A2103A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S899
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§15-108 & 15-128, add §15-115, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10647, S7380
2015-2016: A5942, S1247
2017-2018: A5640

2013-A2103A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to clarifying the number of signatures required on an independent nominating petition in a municipality with less than a thousand residents; relates to declination of office and filling vacancies; relates to establishing residency at the time of nomination in village elections; relates to paper ballots counted by hand in village elections and eliminating the ability of a candidate to timely file via mailing with postmark before midnight of the last date to file a petition.

2013-A2103A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 2103--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Election Law -- recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in
  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to clarifying the number
  of signatures required on an  independent  nominating  petition  in  a
  municipality  with  less  than  a  thousand  residents, declination of
  office and filling vacancies, establishing residency at  the  time  of
  nomination  in  village  elections,  paper  ballots counted by hand in
  village elections and eliminating the ability of a candidate to timely
  file via mailing with postmark before midnight of  the  last  date  to
  file a petition

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 15-108  of  the  election  law  is
amended to read as follows:
  6.  An  independent  nominating  petition for a village office must be
signed by at least one hundred voters in  villages  containing  a  popu-
lation  of  five  thousand  or  more; by at least seventy-five voters in
villages containing a population of three thousand and  less  than  five
thousand;  and  by  at least fifty voters in villages containing a popu-
lation of one thousand and less than three  thousand;  and  in  villages
containing a population of less than one thousand by voters numbering at
least five per centum of the number of [voters] THOSE PERSONS REGISTERED
TO  VOTE  at the last regular village election. For the purposes of this
section, the population of a village shall be  determined  by  the  last
federal  decennial  or  local special population census federally super-
vised pursuant to section twenty of the general municipal law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03537-03-4
              

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