Bill Text: NY S03513 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes provisions relating to the joint nomination of candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor; provides candidates be designated jointly either by the state committee or by petition; provides said petition will be valid only if it jointly designates both candidates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S03513 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03513-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3513
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sens. GRIFFO, GRISANTI, LARKIN, RANZENHOFER -- 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 the joint nomination of
         candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivisions  1, 2 and 5 of section 6-104 of the election
    2  law are amended to read as follows:
    3    1. Party designation of a candidate for nomination for any  office  to
    4  be  filled  by the voters of the entire state shall be made by the state
    5  committee. CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT  GOVER-
    6  NOR SHALL BE DESIGNATED JOINTLY BY A SINGLE VOTE.
    7    2.  The  state  committee  shall make a decision by majority vote. The
    8  person OR PERSONS receiving the  majority  vote  shall  be  the  party's
    9  designated  candidate  OR  GROUP  OF  CANDIDATES for nomination, and all
   10  other persons OR GROUPS OF PERSONS who shall have  received  twenty-five
   11  percent  or  more of the vote cast on any ballot shall have the right to
   12  make written demand, duly acknowledged, to the state board of  elections
   13  that  their  names  appear  on the primary ballot as candidates for such
   14  nomination.  Such demand shall be made not later than seven  days  after
   15  such  meeting  and  may  be withdrawn in the same manner within fourteen
   16  days after such meeting.
   17    5. Enrolled members of the party may make other designations by  peti-
   18  tion  for [a member] MEMBERS of the same party. A PETITION DESIGNATING A
   19  CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OR  LIEUTENANT  GOVERNOR  SHALL  BE
   20  VALID  ONLY IF IT JOINTLY DESIGNATES CANDIDATES FOR BOTH SUCH OFFICES ON
   21  SUCH PETITION.
   22    S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 7-114 of the election law is amended  by
   23  adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 3513                             2
    1    (E)  WITH  RESPECT TO CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICES OF GOVERNOR AND LIEU-
    2  TENANT GOVERNOR, BALLOTS SHALL BE PRINTED SO THAT THE  NAMES  OF  CANDI-
    3  DATES  FOR  BOTH OFFICES WHO WERE DESIGNATED JOINTLY SHALL APPEAR IN THE
    4  SAME ROW OR COLUMN, WITH THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR  APPEAR-
    5  ING  FIRST  AND  THE  MACHINE SHALL BE SO ADJUSTED THAT BOTH OFFICES ARE
    6  VOTED FOR JOINTLY AND HAVE BUT ONE DESIGNATING LETTER OR NUMBER.
    7    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.