Bill Text: NY A01464 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requirements of a witness to a designating petition or independent nominating petition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-09 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [A01464 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A01464-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI, PAULIN, BRAUNSTEIN, WEPRIN, JAFFEE,
HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requirements of
witnesses to a designating petition or independent nominating petition
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 6-132 of the election law,
2 as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, are amended to read as
3 follows:
4 2. There shall be appended at the bottom of each sheet a signed state-
5 ment of a witness who is a duly qualified voter of the state and an
6 enrolled voter of the same political party as the voters qualified to
7 sign the petition[, and who is also a resident of the political subdivi-
8 sion in which the office or position is to be voted for. However, in the
9 case of a petition for election to the party position of member of the
10 county committee, residence in the same county shall be sufficient].
11 Such a statement shall be accepted for all purposes as the equivalent of
12 an affidavit, and if it contains a material false statement, shall
13 subject the person signing it to the same penalties as if he or she had
14 been duly sworn. The form of such statement shall be substantially as
15 follows:
16 STATEMENT OF WITNESS
17 I,..................... (name of witness) state: I am a duly qualified
18 voter of the State of New York and am an enrolled voter of
19 the....................... party. I now reside at....................
20 (residence address).
21 Each of the individuals whose names are subscribed to this petition
22 sheet containing................. (fill in number) signatures,
23 subscribed the same in my presence on the dates above indicated and
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 identified himself or herself to be the individual who signed this
2 sheet.
3 I understand that this statement will be accepted for all purposes as
4 the equivalent of an affidavit and, if it contains a material false
5 statement, shall subject me to the same penalties as if I had been duly
6 sworn.
7 Date:....................... ..........................
8 Signature of Witness
9 Witness identification information: The following information must be
10 completed prior to filing with the board of elections in order for this
11 petition sheet to be valid.
12 Town or City County
13 ............ ........
14 3. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali-
15 fied voter of the state [qualified to sign the petition], the following
16 statement signed by a notary public or commissioner of deeds shall be
17 accepted:
18 On the dates above indicated before me personally came each of the
19 voters whose signatures appear on this petition sheet containing
20 ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in my pres-
21 ence and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said
22 that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or her, was
23 true.
24 Date:..................
25 .............................
26 (Signature and official title
27 of officer administering oath)
28 S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 6-140 of the election law, as amended by
29 chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
30 2. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali-
31 fied voter of the state [qualified to sign the petition], the following
32 statement signed by a notary public or commissioner of deeds shall be
33 accepted:
34 On the dates above indicated before me personally came each of the
35 voters whose signatures appear on this petition sheet containing
36 .......... (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in my presence
37 and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said that
38 the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or her, was true.
39 Date: ......................
40 ................................
41 (Signature and official title
42 of officer administering oath)
43 S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
44 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
45 ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple-
46 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on
47 or before such date.
