New York A 2603: Increases the number of votes an independent party needs to become a recognized political party in New York state

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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2603
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 24, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to increasing the number
of votes an independent political party needs to become a recognized
political party in New York state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1-104 of the election law is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 3. The term "party" means any political organization which at the last
4 preceding election for governor polled at least [ ] fifty one hundred
5 thousand votes for its candidate for governor.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to
7 elections occurring on and after November 1, 2020.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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