NY State Legislature· A1223-2025Signed by Governor

Relates to the dates to file a designating petition, the official text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   1223
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BORES, RAGA, ROZIC, SIMONE, STERN, SEAWRIGHT,
   PAULIN, NOVAKHOV --  read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to the dates to file a
   designating petition; and providing for the repeal of such  provisions
   upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 6-158 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  TIME  FIXED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS
 SECTION, FOR THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, SUCH DESIGNATING PETITION
 REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY SUCH SUBDIVISION SHALL BE FILED NOT EARLIER THAN
 THE THIRTEENTH MONDAY BEFORE, AND NOT  LATER  THAN  THE  TWELFTH  MONDAY
 PRECEDING THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
   §  2.  Section  6-134  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A. NOTWITHSTANDING THE  TIME  FIXED  IN  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  FOR THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, A SIGNATURE MADE EARLIER
 THAN FORTY-ONE DAYS BEFORE THE LAST DAY TO  FILE  DESIGNATING  PETITIONS
 FOR  THE  PRIMARY  ELECTION,  OR A SIGNATURE MADE LATER THAN THE TWELFTH
 THURSDAY PRECEDING THE PRIMARY ELECTION, SHALL NOT BE COUNTED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect  January  1,  2026  and  shall  expire
 December  31,  2026 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall
 be deemed repealed.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02184-01-5

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