Prohibits certain election officials from overseeing an election if they are a part of a political action committee or independent expenditure committee for a candidate; defines "political action committee" and "independent expenditure committee".
STATE OF NEW YORK
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11706
IN ASSEMBLY
September 2, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Powers) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting certain
election officials from being in political action committees and inde-
pendent expenditure committees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. No commissioner shall serve as treasurer of, or have operational
4 control or managerial influence over, a political action committee or
5 independent expenditure committee for a candidate in an election such
6 commissioner is overseeing. For the purposes of this subdivision, the
7 following terms shall have the following meanings:
8 (a) "Independent expenditure committee" shall have the same meaning as
9 such term is defined in section 14-100 of this chapter.
10 (b) "Political action committee" shall have the same meaning as such
11 term is defined in section 14-100 of this chapter.
12 § 2. Section 3-200 of the election law is amended by adding a new
13 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
14 8. No board member shall serve as treasurer of, or have operational
15 control or managerial influence over, a political action committee or
16 independent expenditure committee for a candidate in an election such
17 board member is overseeing. For the purposes of this subdivision, the
18 following terms shall have the following meanings:
19 (a) "Independent expenditure committee" shall have the same meaning as
20 such term is defined in section 14-100 of this chapter.
21 (b) "Political action committee" shall have the same meaning as such
22 term is defined in section 14-100 of this chapter.
23 § 3. 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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