New York A 4094: Enacts the engineers', architects', landscape architects' and land surveyors' good samaritan act

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A04094 Summary:

BILL NOA04094 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBurke

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§7-104, 7-116, 2-104 & 6-124, El L

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Removes party lines from ballots and has candidates' names appearing only once on a ballot for an office for all elections that are not presidential or gubernatorial.

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BILL NOA04094 

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01/31/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4094

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to removing party lines
 from ballots for all elections that are not presidential or gubernato-
 rial

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 7-104 of the election law, as amended by chapter
 2 411 of the laws of 2019 and subdivision 11 as amended by chapter 217 of
 3 the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 7-104. Ballots; form of. 1. All ballots shall be printed and/or
 5 displayed in a format and arrangement, of such uniform size and style as
 6 will fit the ballot, and shall be in as plain and clear a type or
 7 display as the space will reasonably permit, using only sans serif print
 8 fonts. Such type or display on the ballot shall satisfy all requirements
 9 and standards set forth pursuant to the federal Help America Vote Act.
 10 2. [The] For presidential and gubernatorial races for office, the
 11 names of parties or independent bodies which contain more than fifteen
 12 letters may, whenever limitations of space so require, be printed on the
 13 ballot in an abbreviated form. In printing the names of candidates whose
 14 full names contain more than fifteen letters, only the surname must be
 15 printed in full. The officer or board charged with the duty of certify-
 16 ing the candidates for such office shall request each such candidate to
 17 indicate, in writing, the shortened form in which, subject to this
 18 restriction, [his or her] their name shall be printed. If no such indi-
 19 cation is received from such candidate within the time specified in the
 20 request, such officer or board shall make the necessary determination.
 21 3. (a) The party name or other designation shall be affixed to the
 22 name of each candidate, or, in case of presidential electors, to the
 23 names of the candidates for president and vice-president of such party.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08062-01-5

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 1 (b) [A] For presidential and gubernatorial races for office, a
 2 column/row designating number may be affixed to the name of each candi-
 3 date, or in the case of presidential electors, to the names of the
 4 candidates for president and vice-president of such party.
 5 (c) The titles of offices may be arranged horizontally, with the names
 6 of candidates for an office and the space, slot or device for write-in
 7 votes for such office arranged vertically under the title of the office,
 8 or the titles of offices may be arranged vertically, with the names of
 9 candidates for an office and the space, slot or device for write-in
 10 votes for such office arranged horizontally opposite the title of the
 11 office.
 12 (d) Each office shall occupy as many columns or rows on the ballot as
 13 the number of candidates to be elected to that office[, except where
 14 candidate placements due to cross endorsements require additional
 15 columns or rows] and shall be contained within its own section of the
 16 ballot.
 17 4. (a) The names of all candidates nominated [by any party or inde-
 18 pendent body for an office shall always appear in the row or column
 19 containing generally the names of candidates nominated by such party or
 20 independent body for other offices except as hereinafter provided] shall
 21 appear only once per office to be filled at the elec