Bill Text: NY A07606 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the form of primary ballots; removes color requirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-03 - signed chap.66 [A07606 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A07606-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7606 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the form of primary election ballots; to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the election law relating to enacting the voter friendly ballot act, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2300-A and A. 2682-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and repealing certain provisions of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 2 of section 7-114 of the 2 election law is REPEALED. 3 § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 7-114 of the election 4 law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the election 5 law relating to enacting the voter friendly ballot act, as proposed in 6 legislative bills numbers S. 2300-A and A. 2682-A, is REPEALED. 7 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 16-104 of the election law is amended to 8 read as follows: 9 1. The form and content of any ballot, or portion thereof, to be used 10 in an election, and the right to use any emblem design, [color,] party 11 or independent body name, may be contested in a proceeding instituted in 12 the supreme court by any aggrieved candidate or by the chairman of any 13 party committee or independent body. 14 § 4. Section 17 of a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the 15 election law relating to enacting the voter friendly ballot act, as 16 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2300-A and A. 2682-A, is 17 amended to read as follows: 18 § 17. This act shall take effect [immediately] July 1, 2020 and shall 19 apply to ballots to be used for elections occurring on or after [the20first day of July next succeeding the year in which it shall have become21a law] such effective date. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11682-01-9A. 7606 2 1 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 2 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 3 completed on or before such effective date. 4 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 5 sections one and three of this act shall take effect January 1, 2020; 6 and provided further that section two of this act shall take effect on 7 the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, 8 amending the election law relating to enacting the voter friendly ballot 9 act, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2300-A and A. 2682-A, 10 takes effect.