Removes the requirement of a sworn statement administered by a notary public for purposes of petitions; requires the notary public to inquire whether the person is the same listed on the address.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4731
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 13, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- 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 removing the require-
ment of a sworn statement administered by a notary public for purposes
of petitions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6-132 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali-
5 fied voter of the state qualified to sign the petition, the following
6 statement signed by a notary public or commissioner of deeds shall be
7 accepted:
8 On the dates above indicated before me personally came each of the
9 voters whose signatures appear on this petition sheet containing
10 ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in my pres-
11 ence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said
12 that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or her, was
13 true] after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person that is
14 listed at that address on information provided by the board of elections
15 to the notary public or commissioner of deeds.
16 Date:..................
17 .............................
18 (Signature and official title
19 of officer administering oath)
20 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 6-140 of the election law, as amended by
21 chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
22 2. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali-
23 fied voter of the state qualified to sign the petition, the following
24 statement signed by a notary public or commissioner of deeds shall be
25 accepted:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 On the dates above indicated before me personally came each of the
2 voters whose signatures appear on this petition sheet containing
3 .......... (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in my presence
4 [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said that
5 the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or her, was true]
6 after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person that is listed
7 at that address on information provided by the board of elections to the
8 notary public or commissioner of deeds.
9 Date: ......................
10 ................................
11 (Signature and official title
12 of officer administering oath)
13 § 3. The closing paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 6-204 of the
14 election law, as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended
15 to read as follows:
16 In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly qualified
17 voter of the state qualified to sign the petition, the following state-
18 ment signed by a notary public shall be accepted:
19 On the dates above indicated before me personally came each of the
20 voters whose signatures appear on this petition sheet containing
21 ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in my pres-
22 ence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said
23 that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or her, was
24 true] after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person that is
25 listed at that address on information provided by the board of elections
26 to the notary public or commissioner of deeds.
27 Date..................
28 ...............................
29 (Signature and official title
30 of officer administering oath)
31 Page No........
32 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 6-206 of the election law, as amended by
33 chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
34 2. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali-
35 fied voter of the state qualified to sign the petition, the following
36 statement signed by a notary public shall be accepted:
37 On the dates above indicated before me personally came each of the
38 voters whose signatures appear on this petition sheet
39 containing ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in
40 my presence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or
41 herself, said that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or
42 her, was true] after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person
43 that is listed at that address on information provided by the board of
44 elections to the notary public or commissioner of deeds.
45 Date:..................
46 ...............................
47 (Signature and official title
48 of officer administering oath)
49 Page No........
50 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
