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BILL NUMBER:S4744A

TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to publication of candidates to be voted upon at an election

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends section 4-122(1) of the Election Law by removing the requirement that the residence address of the candidate be published in the legal notice along with the name of the candidate prior to an election.

JUSTIFICATION: The law currently requires the county boards of elections to publish the name and residence address of every candidate for public office at least once in no less than two newspapers in the county prior to an election. Typically, such notice contains information sufficient to identify each office which will appear on the election ballot and the candidates seeking such offices. Inclusion of the residence address is superfluous as the actual ballot itself neither contains such information nor identifies a candidate by residence address. Other provisions of the Election Law detail procedures to be followed by boards of elections to avoid confusion between candidates with identical or similar names.

This bill is introduced at the request of the Election Commissioners' Association of the State of New York.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2010 - S.3236 (Flanagan)

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: A significant savings would accrue to the counties as a result of a reduction in the size of the legal notice required to be published.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.

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STATE OF NEW YORK
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4744--A
Cal. No. 401

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

April 18, 2011
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Introduced  by  Sens.  O'MARA, LARKIN, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Elections -- reported favorably from  said  committee,  ordered  to
  first  and  second  report,  ordered  to  a third reading, amended and
  ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to publication  of  candi-
  dates to be voted upon at an election

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4-122  of  the  election  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  359  of  the  laws  of 1989, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. The county board of elections shall  publish,  at  least  six  days
before an election, a list containing the name and TOWN OR CITY OF resi-
dence  of  every  candidate for public office to be voted for within its
jurisdiction at such election.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10669-02-1