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A00452 Summary:
BILL NO | A00452 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S06500 |
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SPONSOR | Steck |
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COSPNSR | Jacobson, D'Urso |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §6-154, El L | |
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Relates to specification of objections to designating petitions, independent nominating petitions, certificates of nomination or ballot access documents; standardizes requirements for specification of objections by removing authority of local boards of election to make their own rules. |
A00452 Actions:
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01/09/2019 | referred to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/05/2019 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/05/2019 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2019 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | rules report cal.316 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.316 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/08/2020 | ordered to third reading cal.23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/13/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/13/2020 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/13/2020 | REFERRED TO ELECTIONS |
A00452 Committee Votes:
Lavine | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Galef | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Mikulin | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Tague | Aye | ||||||
Lifton | Aye | ||||||||
Buchwald | Aye | ||||||||
Blake | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Absent | ||||||||
Carroll | Aye | ||||||||
Taylor | Aye | ||||||||
Jacobson | Aye | ||||||||
D'Urso | Aye | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Barclay | Excused | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Perry | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Excused | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Cusick | Aye | ||||||||
Ortiz | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Rodriguez | Excused | ||||||||
Ramos | Excused | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Simotas | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Miller | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Kolb | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Finch | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Excused | Raia | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Glick | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Titus | Excused | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Excused | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
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A00452 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
ER
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
ER
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
ER
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
No
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simotas
ER
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
ER
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
ER
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
ER
Romeo
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burke
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fernandez
ER
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
No
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Seawright
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A00452 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 452 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to specification of objections to designating petitions, independent nominating petitions, certificates of nomination or ballot access documents The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6-154 of the election law, subdivision 2 as amended 2 by chapter 248 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 6-154. Nominations and designations; objections to. 1. Any petition 4 or certificate filed with the officer or board charged with the duty of 5 receiving it shall be presumptively valid if it is in proper form and 6 appears to bear the requisite number of signatures, authenticated in a 7 manner prescribed by this chapter. 8 2. Written objections to any certificate of designation or nomination 9 or to a nominating or designating petition or a petition for opportunity 10 to ballot for public office or to a certificate of acceptance, a certif- 11 icate of authorization, a certificate of declination or a certificate of 12 substitution relating thereto may be filed by any voter registered to 13 vote for such public office and to a designating petition or a petition 14 for opportunity to ballot for party position or a certificate of substi- 15 tution, a certificate of acceptance or a certificate of declination 16 relating thereto by any voter enrolled to vote for such party position. 17 Such objections shall be filed with the officer or board with whom the 18 original petition or certificate is filed within three days after the 19 filing of the petition or certificate to which objection is made, or 20 within three days after the last day to file such a certificate, if no 21 such certificate is filed except that if any person nominated by an 22 independent nominating petition, is nominated as a party candidate for 23 the same office by a party certificate filed, or a party nomination made EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03570-01-9A. 452 2 1 after the filing of such petition, the written objection to such peti- 2 tion may be filed within three days after the filing of such party 3 certificate or the making of such party nomination. When such an 4 objection is filed, specifications of the grounds of the objections 5 shall be filed within six days thereafter with the same officer or board 6 and if specifications are not timely filed, the objection shall be null 7 and void. [Each such officer or board is hereby empowered to make rules8in reference to the filing and disposition of such petition, certif-9icate, objections and specifications.] 10 3. (a) Any person filing general objections to any designating peti- 11 tion, independent nominating petition or certificate of nomination or 12 ballot access document who thereafter files specifications of his or her 13 objections to any such document shall do so in accordance with the 14 provisions of this subdivision. All such specifications shall substan- 15 tially comply with the following requirements: 16 (i) for specifications relating to any petition, the volume number, 17 page number, and line number of any signature objected to on any peti- 18 tion shall be set forth in detail. In addition, any portion of any peti- 19 tion or any signature line or witness statement objected to shall be 20 specifically identified and reasons given for any such objection; 21 (ii) the total number of signatures objected to shall be set forth and 22 all objections relating to a single signature line should be grouped 23 together; and 24 (iii) symbols and/or abbreviations may be used to set forth 25 objections, provided that a sheet explaining the meaning of any such 26 symbols and/or abbreviations is attached to the specifications. 27 (b) No specifications of objections to any petition, certificate of 28 nomination or ballot access document will be considered unless the 29 objector filing the specifications personally delivers or mails by over- 30 night mail a duplicate copy of the specification to each candidate for 31 public office named on the petition. Objections and specifications to a 32 petition for an opportunity to ballot must be served on the persons 33 named as the committee to receive notices. In the case of a petition 34 containing candidates for party positions, service of the specifications 35 shall be made on either the named candidates or the first person named 36 on the petition's committee to fill vacancies. Service shall be made on 37 or before the date of filing of any specifications with the officer or 38 board. Proof of service shall accompany the specifications or be 39 received by the end of two business days following the filing of the 40 specifications, whichever is later. 41 4. (a) Such officer or board shall give notice by overnight mail to 42 the objector and the candidate named in such petition or certificate of 43 the date or dates on which such officer or board shall consider the 44 specifications filed, and board findings, the result of and research of 45 the specifications, and shall make a determination as to the sufficiency 46 of such petition or certificate and shall provide the objector and 47 candidate or their agent or agents an opportunity to be heard as to the 48 validity of each specific objection. Copies of the board's research of 49 specifications shall accompany such notice. Such opportunity may be by 50 written submission or oral presentation in the discretion of such offi- 51 cer or board. Such officer or board shall not deny the objector or the 52 candidate or their agent or agents an opportunity to be present when the 53 determination as to validity is made. 54 (b) For objections and specifications made to ballot access documents 55 filed with the state board of elections, the provisions of paragraph (a) 56 of this subdivision shall apply. However, the opportunity to be heard asA. 452 3 1 to the validity or invalidity of such specifications shall be provided 2 in a hearing which precedes any meeting of the state board's commission- 3 ers at which determinations will be rendered. 4 5. When [a] any determination is made that a certificate or petition 5 is sufficient or insufficient, such officer or board shall give notice 6 of the determination forthwith by mail to each candidate named in the 7 petition or certificate, and, if the determination is made upon speci- 8 fied objections, the objector shall be notified; provided that any such 9 candidate or objector may designate an attorney or agent to receive any 10 such notice and/or determination on his or her behalf. Any such desig- 11 nation shall be in writing and include the name, address, email and 12 telephone number of any such attorney or agent, and any such attorney 13 and/or agent shall be eligible to represent any such candidate or objec- 14 tor in any proceeding relating to the specifications. 15 6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require an objection 16 or hearing if the board of elections by majority vote determines that a 17 filing does not meet the criteria of subdivision one of this section to 18 be presumptively valid. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 21 and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the implementa- 22 tion of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or 23 before such date.