New York A 11218: Deems certain nominating or designating petitions to be permeated with fraud and invalidating the filings made by a contested candidate

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A11218 Summary:

BILL NOA11218 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10212

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SPONSORSlater

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §16-102, El L

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Deems certain nominating or designating petitions to be permeated with fraud; invalidates the filings made by a contested candidate.

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BILL NOA11218 

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05/01/2026referred to election law

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Go to topA11218 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11218

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 1, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to deeming certain nomi-
 nating or designating petitions to be permeated with fraud and invali-
 dating the filings made by a contested candidate

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

 1 Section 1. Section 16-102 of the election law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 3 5. Where the court has determined that a cumulative total of twenty-
 4 five percent or more of all signatures on a petition are fraudulent, the
 5 court shall issue a final order declaring the entire petition invalid
 6 and permeated with fraud.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15683-01-6

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