New York A 626: Relates to prohibiting contract provisions that waive certain substantive and procedural rights

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A00626 Summary:

BILL NOA00626 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRRivera

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Amd §6-116, El L

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Relates to the procedure for filling a vacancy in the office of state senator or in the office of member of assembly; allows for independent nominating petitions to be presented and provides for a special election to be held forty-five days from the date of the governor making a proclamation for a special election.

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BILL NOA00626 

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01/08/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 626

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the procedure to fill
 senate and assembly vacancies

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

 1 Section 1. Section 6-116 of the election law, as amended by chapter
 2 373 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 6-116. Party nominations; election to fill a vacancy. 1. A party
 4 nomination of a candidate for election to fill a vacancy in an elective
 5 office required to be filled at the next general election, occurring
 6 after seven days before the last day for circulating designating
 7 petitions or after the holding of the meeting or convention to nominate
 8 or designate candidates for such, shall be made, after the day of the
 9 primary election, by a majority vote of a quorum of the state committee
 10 if the vacancy occurs in an office to be filled by all voters of the
 11 state, and otherwise by a majority vote of a quorum of the members of a
 12 county committee or committees last elected in the political subdivision
 13 in which such vacancy is to be filled, or by a majority of such other
 14 committee as the rules of the party may provide. A certificate of nomi-
 15 nation shall be filed as provided for [herein] in this article.
 16 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
 17 a vacancy in the office of state senator or in the office of member of
 18 assembly required to be filled at the next general election shall be
 19 filled by popular election in the following manner:
 20 (a) Within three days of the occurrence of a vacancy, the governor
 21 shall make proclamation of a special non-partisan election to fill such
 22 office, specifying the district or county in which the election is to be
 23 held, and the day thereof, which shall be forty-five days from the date
 24 of the proclamation.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02624-01-5

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 1 (b) All nominations for elections to fill vacancies held pursuant to
 2 this subdivision shall be by independent nominating petition, such
 3 petitions to be subject to the provisions of this article pertaining to
 4 independent nominations except as is otherwise set forth in this subdi-
 5 vision. The sheets of the independent nominating petition shall set
 6 forth in every instance the name of the signer, such signer's residence
 7 address, town or city (except in the city of New York, the county), and
 8 the date the signature is fixed. Such petition shall be required to
 9 contain a designated number of signatures which shall be the lesser of
 10 five percent of votes cast in the last preceding gubernatorial election
 11 or one thousand five hundred signatures per petition for the office of
 12 state senator and seven hundred fifty signatures per petition for the
 13 office of member of assembly. A signature on an independent nominating
 14 petition made earlier than the date of the proclamation required by
 15 paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not be counted.
 16 (c) All nominating petitions filed pursuant to this subdivision shall
 17 be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 6-144 of this
 18 article within fifteen days after the dat