A00838 Summary:
BILL NO | A00838 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Pretlow |
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Amd S1-104, El L | |
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Increases the number of votes an independent party needs to become a recognized political party in New York state from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand. |
A00838 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 838 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to increasing number of votes an independent political party needs to become a recognized political party in New York state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1-104 of the election law is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 3. The term "party" means any political organization which at the last 4 preceding election for governor polled at least [fifty] one hundred 5 thousand votes for its candidate for governor. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to 7 elections occurring on and after November 1, 2016. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05479-01-5