Shimsky, Dinowitz, Otis, Burdick, Paulin, Gibbs, Kim, Reyes, Levenberg, Lunsford, Bichotte
Hermelyn, Shrestha, Romero, Schiavoni, Kay
MLTSPNSR
Amd §6-120, El L
Eliminates the ability of judicial candidates for office who are enrolled in a particular party to automatically be allowed to run as a candidate in another party's primary election.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5234
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, SHIMSKY, DINOWITZ, OTIS, BURDICK,
PAULIN, GIBBS, KIM, REYES, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to eliminating the ability
of judicial candidates for office who are enrolled in a particular
party to automatically be allowed to run as a candidate in another
party's primary election
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 6-120 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 4. This section shall not apply to a political party designating or
5 nominating candidates for the first time[,] or to candidates nominated
6 by party caucus[, nor to candidates for judicial offices].
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03658-01-5
