Bill Text: NY S02602 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2602 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes standard of substantial compliance with election law provisions relating to nomination and designation of candidates for public office; so as to avoid the disqualification of candidates to the maximum extent feasible where there is no fraud.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-26 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S02602 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02602-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2602
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 26, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
       AN ACT to  amend  the  election  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  that
         provisions  governing  the nomination and designation of candidates be
         liberally construed to avoid the disqualification  of  candidates  not
         inconsistent  with substantial compliance therewith and the prevention
         of fraud
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  6-100  of the election law is amended to read as
    2  follows:
    3    S 6-100.  Nominations  and  designations;  generally.  Nomination  and
    4  designation  of  candidates for election to public office or party posi-
    5  tion are governed by this article. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE  SHALL
    6  BE  LIBERALLY  CONSTRUED  TO AVOID THE DISQUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES TO
    7  THE MAXIMUM EXTENT FEASIBLE, NOT INCONSISTENT WITH  SUBSTANTIAL  COMPLI-
    8  ANCE THEREWITH AND THE PREVENTION OF FRAUD.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07296-01-1