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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1133
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 7, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. LIU, BIAGGI, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to directing that the  use
          of a candidate's alternate, familiar or anglicized name is permissible
          on electoral nominating petitions and ballots

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 1-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 39 to read as follows:
     3    39. The term "name" for purposes of designating or nominating a candi-
     4  date  for  public  office  or  party position shall mean an individual's
     5  formal name or an alternate, anglicized, or familiar form of a  name  or
     6  nickname,  notwithstanding  the candidate's proper name as it appears on
     7  his or her voter registration form, provided that such  name  is  demon-
     8  strated to be commonly used to identify the candidate in the candidate's
     9  community,  does  not  include  a descriptive term, and further provided
    10  that the use of such name is not intended to mislead or  confuse  poten-
    11  tial  signatories,  and  would  not tend to confuse or mislead potential
    12  signatories, as to the candidate's identity.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00754-01-1