New York S 7292: Permits New York city voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates for the same New York city municipal public office or party position

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S07292 Summary:

BILL NOS07292 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06320

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SPONSORBRISPORT

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COSPNSRSALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6-134, El L

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Permits New York city voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates for the same New York City municipal public office or party position.

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04/09/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7292

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 9, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. BRISPORT, SALAZAR -- 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 permitting New York
 city voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates for
 the same New York city municipal public office or party position

 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 6-134 of the election law, as
 2 added by chapter 709 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 3 3. (a) If a voter shall sign any petition or petitions designating a
 4 greater number of candidates for public office or party position than
 5 the number of persons to be elected thereto [his] their signatures, if
 6 they bear the same date, shall not be counted upon any petition, and if
 7 they bear different dates shall be counted in the order of their priori-
 8 ty of date, for only so many designees as there are persons to be
 9 elected.
 10 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 11 sion, a voter in the city of New York may designate a greater number of
 12 candidates for a New York city municipal public office or party position
 13 within the five counties of New York city than the number of persons to
 14 be elected, with no limit to the number of designations.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00117-01-5

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