Bill Text: NY S04380 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4380 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Decreases the number of signatures for independent nominating petitions of candidates for public office; now 2.5%.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-10 - SUBSTITUTED BY A4686 [S04380 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04380-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4380

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 4, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the  number  of  signa-
          tures  for  independent  nominating  petitions;  and providing for the
          repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

     1    Section 1. Section 6-142 of the election law, as amended by chapter 79
     2  of  the  laws of 1992, subdivision 1 as amended by section 9 of part ZZZ
     3  of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020 and paragraph (d-1) of  subdivision  2
     4  as  amended  by  chapter  418 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
     5  follows:
     6    § 6-142. Independent nominations; number of signatures.  1.  An  inde-
     7  pendent  nominating  petition  for candidates to be voted for by all the
     8  voters of the state must be  signed  by  at  least  forty-five  thousand
     9  voters, or one percent of the total number of votes, excluding blank and
    10  void  ballots, cast for the office of governor at the last gubernatorial
    11  election, whichever is less, of whom  at  least  five  hundred,  or  one
    12  percent  of  enrolled voters, whichever is less, shall reside in each of
    13  one-half of the congressional districts of the State.
    14    2. An independent nominating petition for the nomination of candidates
    15  for an office to be filled by the voters of  any  other  political  unit
    16  must be signed by voters numbering [five] two and one-half per centum of
    17  the  total  number  of votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial
    18  election in such unit, excluding blank and void votes, except  that  not
    19  more than [three thousand five hundred] one thousand seven hundred fifty
    20  signatures shall be required upon any such petition for any office to be
    21  filled in any political subdivision of the state wholly outside the city
    22  of New York, and not more than the following numbers of signatures shall
    23  be  required  upon  any  such  petition for the following public offices
    24  respectively:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09374-04-1

        S. 4380                             2

     1    (a) for any office to be filled  in  any  county  or  portion  thereof
     2  outside  the city of New York, [one thousand five hundred] seven hundred
     3  fifty;
     4    (b) notwithstanding any provision of the New York city charter provid-
     5  ing  for greater thresholds to the contrary, for any office to be filled
     6  by all the voters of the city of New York, [seven thousand five hundred]
     7  three thousand seven hundred fifty;
     8    (b-1) notwithstanding any provision  of  the  New  York  city  charter
     9  providing  for  greater thresholds to the contrary, for any office to be
    10  filled by all the voters of any two counties in such city,  [four  thou-
    11  sand] two thousand;
    12    (c) notwithstanding any provision of the New York city charter provid-
    13  ing  for greater thresholds to the contrary, for any office to be filled
    14  by all the voters of any county or borough in such city, [four thousand]
    15  two thousand;
    16    (d) notwithstanding any provision of the New York city charter provid-
    17  ing for greater thresholds to the contrary, for any office to be  filled
    18  by  all  the  voters  of  any  municipal court district, [three thousand
    19  signatures] one thousand five hundred;
    20    (d-1) notwithstanding any provision  of  the  New  York  city  charter
    21  providing  for  greater thresholds to the contrary, for any office to be
    22  filled in the city of New York by all the voters  of  any  city  council
    23  district, [two thousand seven hundred] one thousand three hundred fifty;
    24    (e) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional
    25  district,  [three  thousand  five  hundred]  one  thousand seven hundred
    26  fifty;
    27    (f) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any state senato-
    28  rial district, [three thousand] one thousand five hundred;
    29    (g) for any office to be filled by  all  the  voters  of  an  assembly
    30  district, [one thousand five hundred] seven hundred fifty;
    31    (h) for the office of trustee of the Long Island Power Authority, five
    32  hundred;
    33    (i)  for any office to be filled by the voters of any political subdi-
    34  vision contained within another political subdivision except  as  herein
    35  otherwise  provided, not to exceed the number of signatures required for
    36  the larger subdivision.
    37    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    38  deemed repealed December 31, 2021.