Bill Text: NY A02603 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Increases the number of votes an independent party needs to become a recognized political party in New York state from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A02603 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02603-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2603
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 24, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to increasing  the  number
          of  votes  an independent political party needs to become a recognized
          political party in New York state
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  1-104 of the election law is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    3. The term "party" means any political organization which at the last
     4  preceding election for governor polled  at  least  [fifty]  one  hundred
     5  thousand votes for its candidate for governor.
     6    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and shall apply to
     7  elections occurring on and after November 1, 2020.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04654-01-9