STATE OF NEW YORK
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2047--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, BUCHWALD, SIMON, M. G. MILLER, DINOWITZ,
JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI, MAGNARELLI, THIELE, PICHARDO, PEOPLES-STOKES,
RIVERA, ABINANTI, WOERNER, MOSLEY, L. ROSENTHAL, BENEDETTO, CAHILL,
FRIEND, STECK, ASHBY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DenDEKK-
ER, GLICK, PRETLOW, RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting the name
change of any independent body making nominations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 6-128 of the
2 election law is amended to read as follows:
3 (a) The name of the party filing the nominations which shall not be
4 altered or modified once submitted.
5 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6-138 of the election
6 law, as amended by chapter 306 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read
7 as follows:
8 a. The name selected for the independent body making the nomination
9 shall be in English characters and shall not include the name or part of
10 the name or an abbreviation of the name or part of the name, nor shall
11 the emblem or name be of such a configuration as to create the possibil-
12 ity of confusion with the emblem or name of a then existing party, or
13 the emblem or name of an independent body selected by a previously filed
14 independent nominating petition for the same office. Such name selected
15 for such independent body shall continuously remain the name of such
16 party as defined in subdivision three of section 1-104 of this chapter.
17 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 2-124 of the election law is amended to
18 read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 4. Emblems and names which have been continuously used by any party or
2 independent body for the nomination of candidates for governor [may]
3 must continue to be used by such party or independent body.
4 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
