Allows a candidate for nomination or for party position, or nominated for an office to decline such designation or nomination after they are arrested, indicted or convicted of a crime no later than four days after such arrest, indictment or conviction.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9935
IN ASSEMBLY
April 19, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to declining a designation
or nomination after being arrested, indicted or convicted of a crime
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6-146 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. a. A person designated as a candidate for nomination or for party
4 position, or nominated for an office and who is arrested, indicted or
5 convicted of a crime may decline the designation or nomination of one or
6 more of the remaining party designations or nominations no later than
7 four days after such arrest, indictment or conviction.
8 b. For the year two thousand twenty-two only, a person designated as a
9 candidate for nomination or for party position, or nominated for an
10 office and who has been arrested, indicted or convicted of a crime may
11 decline the designation or nomination of one or more of such party nomi-
12 nations no later than four days after the effective date of this subdi-
13 vision.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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