New York S 7962: Sets the timeline for candidate declination

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S07962 Summary:

BILL NOS07962 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07829

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSR

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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 NOS07962 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1336

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

02/26/20261ST REPORT CAL.444

03/04/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/05/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/11/2026PASSED SENATE

03/11/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/11/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7962

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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 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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