Bill Sponsors: NY S07997 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Relates to the number of signatures for independent nominating petitions; decreases the number of signatures and votes to 15,000 signatures for statewide candidates and 50,000 votes to maintain party ballot status; changes the petition period to 12 weeks and the petitioning time to May-August.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-04 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S07997 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Mark Walczyk [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-049FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Joseph Griffo [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-053FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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