New York A 7829: Sets the timeline for candidate declination

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A07829 Summary:

BILL NOA07829 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07962

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SPONSORWalker

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COSPNSRShrestha

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6-146, El L

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Sets the timeline for candidate declination from ten days to seven days.

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BILL NOA07829 

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04/11/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7829

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to candidate declination

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 6-146 of the election law, as
 2 added by chapter 276 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 6. A person designated as a candidate for two or more party nomi-
 4 nations for an office to be filled at the time of a general election who
 5 is not nominated at a primary election by one or more such parties may
 6 decline the nomination of one or more parties not later than [ten] seven
 7 days after the primary election is certified.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11073-01-5

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