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A07761 Summary:
BILL NO | A07761 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S00630 |
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SPONSOR | Steck |
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COSPNSR | Galef, McDonald, Abinanti |
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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 document; standardizes requirements for specification of objections by removing authority of local boards of election to make their own rules. |
A07761 Actions:
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05/12/2017 | referred to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/06/2017 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/07/2017 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2017 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2017 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2017 | rules report cal.349 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2017 | ordered to third reading rules cal.349 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2017 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2017 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/15/2017 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | ordered to third reading cal.549 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/26/2018 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/26/2018 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/26/2018 | REFERRED TO ELECTIONS |
A07761 Committee Votes:
Cusick | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Galef | Aye | McKevitt | Aye | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Lupinacci | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Lifton | Aye | ||||||||
Kavanagh | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Buchwald | Aye | ||||||||
Blake | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Aye | ||||||||
Carroll | Aye | ||||||||
Vanel | Aye | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Graf | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | McKevitt | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Titus | Aye | ||||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Farrell | Aye | Oaks | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Aye | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Walter | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Perry | Aye | Curran | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Cahill | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Hooper | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Cusick | Aye | ||||||||
Ortiz | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Moya | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Rodriguez | Excused | ||||||||
Ramos | Excused | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Aye | Kolb | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Oaks | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Butler | Aye | ||||||
Farrell | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Aye | Finch | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Raia | Aye | ||||||
Hooper | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | ||||||||
Pretlow | Aye | ||||||||
Cook | Excused | ||||||||
Glick | Aye | ||||||||
Morelle | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Galef | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Titus | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
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A07761 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
ER
Crouch
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lifton
ER
O'Donnell
ER
Sepulveda
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simanowitz
ER
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simon
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Barclay
ER
Davila
Yes
Harris
Yes
Magee
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barron
ER
Dickens
ER
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Stec
ER
Benedetto
ER
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Blake
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McKevitt
ER
Pichardo
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Quart
Yes
Titus
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Ra
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Raia
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Jones
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Finch
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Morelle
ER
Richardson
Yes
Walsh
ER
Butler
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walter
Yes
Byrne
ER
Friend
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Mosley
ER
Rodriguez
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kim
ER
Moya
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Carroll
ER
Gantt
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Colton
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
ER
Cook
ER
Gjonaj
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Norris
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Curran
Yes
Harris
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
ER
McDonough
Yes
Quart
Yes
Titone
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
Yes
Titus
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Walker
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Barron
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walter
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Blake
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kolb
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Butler
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simon
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palmesano
ER
Simotas
Yes
Cahill
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Palumbo
ER
Skartados
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Solages
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Stec
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
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A07761 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7761 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 12, 2017 ___________ 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 24 after the filing of such petition, the written objection to such peti- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05461-01-7A. 7761 2 1 tion may be filed within three days after the filing of such party 2 certificate or the making of such party nomination. When such an 3 objection is filed, specifications of the grounds of the objections 4 shall be filed within six days thereafter with the same officer or board 5 and if specifications are not timely filed, the objection shall be null 6 and void. [Each such officer or board is hereby empowered to make rules7in reference to the filing and disposition of such petition, certif-8icate, objections and specifications.] 9 3. (a) Any person filing general objections to any designating peti- 10 tion, independent nominating petition or certificate of nomination or 11 ballot access document who thereafter files specifications of his or her 12 objections to any such document shall do so in accordance with the 13 provisions of this subdivision. All such specifications shall substan- 14 tially comply with the following requirements: 15 (i) for specifications relating to any petition, the volume number, 16 page number, and line number of any signature objected to on any peti- 17 tion shall be set forth in detail. In addition, any portion of any peti- 18 tion or any signature line or witness statement objected to shall be 19 specifically identified and reasons given for any such objection; 20 (ii) the total number of signatures objected to shall be set forth and 21 all objections relating to a single signature line should be grouped 22 together; and 23 (iii) symbols and/or abbreviations may be used to set forth 24 objections, provided that a sheet explaining the meaning of any such 25 symbols and/or abbreviations is attached to the specifications. 26 (b) No specifications of objections to any petition, certificate of 27 nomination or ballot access document will be considered unless the 28 objector filing the specifications personally delivers or mails by over- 29 night mail a duplicate copy of the specification to each candidate for 30 public office named on the petition. Objections and specifications to a 31 petition for an opportunity to ballot must be served on the persons 32 named as the committee to receive notices. In the case of a petition 33 containing candidates for party positions, service of the specifications 34 shall be made on either the named candidates or the first person named 35 on the petition's committee to fill vacancies. Service shall be made on 36 or before the date of filing of any specifications with the officer or 37 board. Proof of service shall accompany the specifications or be 38 received by the end of two business days following the filing of the 39 specifications, whichever is later. 40 4. (a) Such officer or board shall give notice by overnight mail to 41 the objector and the candidate named in such petition or certificate of 42 the date or dates on which such officer or board shall consider the 43 specifications filed, and board findings, the result of and research of 44 the specifications, and shall make a determination as to the sufficiency 45 of such petition or certificate and shall provide the objector and 46 candidate or their agent or agents an opportunity to be heard as to the 47 validity of each specific objection. Copies of the board's research of 48 specifications shall accompany such notice. Such opportunity may be by 49 written submission or oral presentation in the discretion of such offi- 50 cer or board. Such officer or board shall not deny the objector or the 51 candidate or their agent or agents an opportunity to be present when the 52 determination as to validity is made. 53 (b) For objections and specifications made to ballot access documents 54 filed with the state board of elections, the provisions of paragraph (a) 55 of this subdivision shall apply. However, the opportunity to be heard as 56 to the validity or invalidity of such specifications shall be providedA. 7761 3 1 in a hearing which precedes any meeting of the state board's commission- 2 ers at which determinations will be rendered. 3 5. When [a] any determination is made that a certificate or petition 4 is sufficient or insufficient, such officer or board shall give notice 5 of the determination forthwith by mail to each candidate named in the 6 petition or certificate, and, if the determination is made upon speci- 7 fied objections, the objector shall be notified; provided that any such 8 candidate or objector may designate an attorney or agent to receive any 9 such notice and/or determination on his or her behalf. Any such desig- 10 nation shall be in writing and include the name, address, email and 11 telephone number of any such attorney or agent, and any such attorney 12 and/or agent shall be eligible to represent any such candidate or objec- 13 tor in any proceeding relating to the specifications. 14 6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require an objection 15 or hearing if the board of elections by majority vote determines that a 16 filing does not meet the criteria of subdivision one of this section to 17 be presumptively valid. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 19 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 20 and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the implementa- 21 tion of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or 22 before such date.