NY S01247 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
Pending: Senate Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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.

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Title

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.

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History

DateChamberAction
2016-01-06SenateREFERRED TO ELECTIONS
2015-01-28SenatePRINT NUMBER 1247A
2015-01-28SenateAMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
2015-01-09SenateREFERRED TO ELECTIONS

Same As/Similar To

A05942 (Same As) 2016-01-06 - referred to election law

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Bill Comments

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