New York A 7724: Relates to the representation of newly formed political parties

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A07724 Summary:

BILL NOA07724 

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SPONSORWalker

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Amd §§7-116, 6-124, 2-104, 7-104, 6-104 & 9-214, El L

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Relates to the representation of newly formed political parties; relates to the placement of candidates of newly formed political parties on ballots, the representation of such parties within the state and the transmission of the official canvass of votes cast for presidential electors.

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BILL NOA07724 

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04/08/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7724

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 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 the representation of
 newly formed political parties

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 7-116 of the election law is
 2 amended to read as follows:
 3 1. In printing the names of candidates on the ballot, the candidate or
 4 candidates of the party which polled [for its candidate for the office
 5 of governor at the last preceding election for such office] the highest
 6 number of votes for its candidate for governor or for its slate of pres-
 7 ident electors at the most recent general election in an even numbered
 8 year, shall be [row or] column A or one and the candidates of the other
 9 parties shall be placed on such ballot in descending order of such
 10 votes.
 11 § 2. Section 6-124 of the election law, as amended by chapter 876 of
 12 the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
 13 § 6-124. Conventions; judicial. A judicial district convention shall
 14 be constituted by the election at the preceding primary of delegates and
 15 alternate delegates, if any, from each assembly district or, if an
 16 assembly district shall contain all or part of two or more counties and
 17 if the rules of the party shall so provide, separately from the part of
 18 such assembly district contained within each such county. The number of
 19 delegates and alternates, if any, shall be determined by party rules,
 20 but the number of delegates shall be substantially in accordance with
 21 the ratio, which the number of votes cast for the party candidate for
 22 the office of governor, on the line or column of the party at the last
 23 preceding election for such office, in any unit of representation, bears
 24 to the total vote cast at such election for such candidate on such line
 25 or column in the entire state; provided, however, for a new party formed

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06893-01-5

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 1 at a presidential election, for such party's judicial district conven-
 2 tion held in the second year after the presidential election, such ratio
 3 shall be based on such party's vote for presidential electors, as other-
 4 wise as provided by this section, and thereafter based on such party's
 5 vote for the office of governor. The number of alternates from any
 6 district shall not exceed the number of delegates therefrom. The deleg-
 7 ates certified to have been elected as such, in the manner provided in
 8 this chapter, shall be conclusively entitled to their seats, rights and
 9 votes as delegates to such convention. When a duly elected delegate does
 10 not attend the convention, [his] such delegate's place shall be taken by
 11 one of the alternates, if any, to be substituted in [his] the delegate's
 12 place, in the order of the vote received by each such alternate as such
 13 vote appears upon the certified list and if an equal number of votes
 14 were cast for two or more such alternates; the order in which such
 15 alternates shall be substituted shall be determined by lot forthwith
 16 upon the convening of the convention. If there shall have been no
 17 contested election for alternate, substitution shall be