Bill Text: NY S05258 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to determining how candidates are placed on a ballot for separate elections of males and females.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-22 - SUBSTITUTED BY A280 [S05258 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05258-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5258 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 17, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- 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 determining how candi- dates are placed on a ballot for separate elections of males and females The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 7-116 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. Whenever a county board of elections or the board of elections in 4 the city of New York must conduct a primary election in the respective 5 county or the city of New York in which separate contests for both male 6 and female candidates for the same party position are to be printed upon 7 the ballots, the respective county board of elections or the board of 8 elections in the city of New York shall determine by lot whether to 9 first print the contest for the male candidates or the contest for the 10 female candidates. After such determination, the same order shall be 11 used for all ballots printed by the board of elections for the entire 12 county or city of New York and for all contests where there are 13 elections separated by male and female candidates for the same party 14 position. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01302-01-7
