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Senator · Senate District 17
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History
- Substituted by A9407
- Ordered to third reading cal.598
- Referred to rules
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Relates to designating petitions
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Sheldon Silver
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7097 REVISED 4/28/14
Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to desig- nating petitions; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
Purpose
This bill provides that the first day to sign a designating petition for state and local primary elections in 2014 will be 42 days, instead of 37 days, before the last day to file such petitions.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill makes a conforming change to section 2-120 of the Election Law to maintain the dates for when the statement of party posi- tions to be filled at the primary should be filed as not later than May 20th.
Section 2 makes a conforming change to 6-104 of the Election Law to maintain the dates for the state committee meetings as May 13th to June 3rd.
Section 3 provides that the first day to sign a designating petition for primary elections in 2014 will be 42 days, instead of 37 days, before the last day to file such petitions. This has the effect of making the first day to sign be Thursday, May 29, 2014.
Section 4 is the effective date and provides for the expiration and repeal of the amendments on September 10, 2014.
Justification
Currently, Election Law 6-134 states the first day to sign designating petitions for a primary election shall be thirty-seven days before that last day to file such petitions. This year, the last day to file designating petitions is July 10th and therefore, the first day to sign such petitions is June 3rd. However, June 3rd is also the first day of the two-day Jewish observance of the holiday of Shavuot.
Shavuot commemorates G-d's giving of the Torah to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. Observant members of the Jewish faith are forbidden to work, write, or travel during the two-day observance.
Expanding the time for signing designating petitions by five days moves the first day to sign to Thursday, May 29, 2014. This change, in recog- nition of the Shavuot observance, will help ensure that all interested New Yorkers may participate equally in our State's political process.
It is important to note that the amendments made by this legislation will only impact state and local elections in 2014 because the Federal election calendar has been set by court order to ensure compliance with Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act.
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Fiscal implications
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Effective date
This bill would take effect immediately and expire and be deemed repealed on September 10, 2014.
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