S10212 Summary:
| BILL NO | S10212 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A11218 |
| SPONSOR | WEBER |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §16-102, El L | |
| Deems certain nominating or designating petitions to be permeated with fraud; invalidates the filings made by a contested candidate. | |
S10212 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10212 IN SENATE May 5, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEBER -- 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 deeming certain nomi- nating or designating petitions to be permeated with fraud and invali- dating the filings made by a contested candidate The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 16-102 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. Where the court has determined that a cumulative total of twenty- 4 five percent or more of all signatures on a petition are fraudulent, the 5 court shall issue a final order declaring the entire petition invalid 6 and permeated with fraud. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15683-01-6