Bill Text: NY S05900 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5900 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Decreases the number of signatures needed for designating petitions and independent nominations by one-third for political subdivisions, wholly or in part, within a county in which one or more residents have been confirmed to be diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for year two thousand twenty-one.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S05900 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05900-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5900

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 22, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 decreasing  the  number
          of  signatures  needed for designating petitions and independent nomi-
          nations in counties with coronavirus 2019

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  6-136 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. For designating petitions for political subdivisions, wholly or  in
     4  part, within a county in which one or more residents have been confirmed
     5  to  be  diagnosed  with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and notwith-
     6  standing subdivision two of this section, for petitions made in the year
     7  two thousand twenty-one, the signature  requirement  numbers  stated  in
     8  paragraphs  (a)  through (l) of subdivision two of this section shall be
     9  reduced by one-third, rounded down to the nearest whole number.
    10    § 2. Section 6-142 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    11  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    12    3.  For  independent nominations for political subdivisions, wholly or
    13  in part, within a county in  which  one  or  more  residents  have  been
    14  confirmed  to  be diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and
    15  notwithstanding subdivision two of this section, for nominations made in
    16  the year two thousand  twenty-one,  the  signature  requirement  numbers
    17  stated  in paragraphs (a) through (i) of subdivision two of this section
    18  shall be reduced by one-third, rounded down to the nearest whole number.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02581-01-1