New York A 3161: Prohibits election commissioners and deputy commissioners from holding a publicly elected office

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A03161 Summary:

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Prohibits election commissioners and deputy election commissioners from holding a publicly elected office or from being the respective chair of the county democratic or republican committees.

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01/23/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3161

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting election
 commissioners and deputy election commissioners from holding a public-
 ly elected office

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3-200 of the election law, as
 2 amended by chapter 195 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 4. No person [shall be] appointed as election commissioner or deputy
 5 election commissioner shall continue to hold office who is not a regis-
 6 tered voter in the county and not an enrolled member of the party recom-
 7 mending [his] their appointment, or who is the chair of the respective
 8 democratic or republican party or committee in such county or who holds
 9 any other public office, except that of commissioner of deeds, notary
 10 public, [village officer, city or town justice,] member of a community
 11 board within the city of New York or trustee or officer of a school
 12 district outside of a city; provided, however, that the provision of
 13 this subdivision prohibiting an election commissioner or deputy election
 14 commissioner from continuing to hold office who is the chair of the
 15 respective democratic or republican party or committee in such county
 16 shall not apply to any person currently serving as election commissioner
 17 or deputy election commissioner.
 18 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 3-200 of the election law is amended to
 19 read as follows:
 20 6. An election commissioner or deputy election commissioner shall not
 21 be a candidate for any elective office which [he] they would not be
 22 entitled to hold under the provisions of this article, unless [he has]
 23 they have ceased by resignation or otherwise, to be commissioner or
 24 deputy commissioner prior to [his] their nomination or designation
 25 therefor. Otherwise such nomination or designation shall be null and
 26 void.
 27 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06613-01-5

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