STATE OF NEW YORK
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9024
IN SENATE
January 22, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 removing designating
letters on ballots
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 7-104 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 7. The ballot shall have printed upon it in black ink for each party
5 or independent row, at the head of the column or the beginning of the
6 row containing the names of candidates, the name of the party or inde-
7 pendent body [and the designating letter of the row or column].
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13920-03-5
