STATE OF NEW YORK
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5482
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to party nominations for
candidates for county office
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 6-109
2 to read as follows:
3 § 6-109. Party nominations; counties. 1. Party designation of a candi-
4 date for nomination for any office to be filled by the voters of the
5 entire county shall be made by the county committee, if the party rules
6 of such county so provide.
7 2. The county committee shall make such designation by majority vote.
8 The person receiving the majority vote shall be the party's designated
9 candidate for nomination. Upon the vote for such designation, each
10 member of the county committee shall be entitled to cast a number of
11 votes which shall be in accordance with the ratio which the number of
12 votes for the party candidate for governor on the line or column of the
13 party at the last preceding general state election in the unit of repre-
14 sentation such member represents bears to the total vote cast on such
15 line or column at such election for such candidate for governor in the
16 entire county. The apportionment of such votes as so prescribed shall be
17 determined by the rules of the party.
18 3. Enrolled members of the party may make other designations by peti-
19 tion for a member of the same party.
20 4. The meeting of the county committee for the purpose of designating
21 candidates shall be held not earlier than twenty-one days before the
22 first day to sign designating petitions and not later than the first day
23 to sign designating petitions for the primary election.
24 5. Within four days after such meeting, the county committee shall
25 file with the county board of elections:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (a) the names of the persons who have received the designation of the
2 county committee and the offices for which designated; and
3 (b) the names of the persons selected by the committee to fill vacan-
4 cies or a certified copy of the party rule empowering such committee to
5 fill vacancies.
6 6. No person may be designated by a county committee for more than one
7 office pursuant to the provisions of this section.
8 7. Party designation of a candidate for any office contained within a
9 county shall be designated by the county committee members representing
10 the political subdivision of such office, if the party rules of such
11 county so provide.
12 8. A candidate for office from a district which crosses county lines
13 shall be designated by the county committee members from such district
14 if the rules of the county committees of each such county shall all so
15 provide.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
17 applicable elections held on or after such date.
