Bill Text: NY A04234 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4234 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Decreases the number of signatures needed for designating petitions and independent nominations by one-third for political subdivisions, wholly or in part, within a county in which one or more residents have been confirmed to be diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for year two thousand twenty-one.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to election law [A04234 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04234-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4234

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law

        AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to decreasing the number
          of signatures needed for designating petitions and  independent  nomi-
          nations in counties with coronavirus 2019

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 6-136 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6.  For designating petitions for political subdivisions, wholly or in
     4  part, within a county in which one or more residents have been confirmed
     5  to be diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019  (COVID-19)  and  notwith-
     6  standing subdivision two of this section, for petitions made in the year
     7  two  thousand  twenty-one,  the  signature requirement numbers stated in
     8  paragraphs (a) through (l) of subdivision two of this section  shall  be
     9  reduced by one-third, rounded down to the nearest whole number.
    10    §  2.  Section  6-142  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
    11  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    12    3. For independent nominations for political subdivisions,  wholly  or
    13  in  part,  within  a  county  in  which  one or more residents have been
    14  confirmed to be diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019  (COVID-19)  and
    15  notwithstanding subdivision two of this section, for nominations made in
    16  the  year  two  thousand  twenty-one,  the signature requirement numbers
    17  stated in paragraphs (a) through (i) of subdivision two of this  section
    18  shall be reduced by one-third, rounded down to the nearest whole number.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


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