Requires that judges be enrolled members of the party for which they are running in the primary election or to have received a proper certificate of authorization filed properly according to the election law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3126
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. BRADLEY, PAULIN, GALEF, MAGEE, BRENNAN, DINOWITZ
-- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FARRELL, GOTTFRIED, LATIMER, REILLY
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring judges to be
enrolled members of the party for a primary election or to have
received a proper certificate of authorization filed properly accord-
ing to the election law
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 6-120 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, is amended and a new subdi-
3 vision 5 is added to read as follows:
4 4. This section shall not apply to a political party designating or
5 nominating candidates for the first time[,] or to candidates nominated
6 by party caucus[, nor to candidates for judicial offices].
7 5. This section shall apply to any candidate for judicial office in
8 any election where other individuals have the opportunity to challenge
9 the nomination in a primary election.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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