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A00838 Summary:

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Amd S1-104, El L
 
Increases the number of votes an independent party needs to become a recognized political party in New York state from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand.
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A00838 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           838
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  increasing  number  of
          votes  an  independent  political  party  needs to become a recognized
          political party in New York state
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  1-104 of the election law is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    3. The term "party" means any political organization which at the last
     4  preceding election for governor polled  at  least  [fifty]  one  hundred
     5  thousand votes for its candidate for governor.
     6    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and shall apply to
     7  elections occurring on and after November 1, 2016.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05479-01-5
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