Bill Text: NY A09761 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that a candidate who files a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any party, may thereafter file a certificate of declination not later than the seventh day after the primary election.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-05 - referred to election law [A09761 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09761-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9761
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 5, 2018
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to nominating  and  desig-
          nating petitions and certificates
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6-158  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  434  of  the  laws  of 1984, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    2. A certificate of acceptance or declination of a  designation  shall
     5  be  filed  not later than the fourth day after the last day to file such
     6  designation, except that a candidate who files  such  a  certificate  of
     7  acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or
     8  petitions  designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any
     9  party, may thereafter file a certificate of declination not  later  than
    10  the seventh day after the primary election.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00273-01-7