STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3422 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to designating and nomi- nating petitions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6-132 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 235 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1. Each sheet of a designating petition shall be signed in ink and 5 shall contain the following information and shall be in substantially 6 the following form: 7 I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a duly enrolled voter of 8 the.................... party and entitled to vote at the next primary 9 election of such party, to be held on..............., 20...; that my 10 place of residence is truly stated opposite my signature hereto, and I 11 do hereby designate the following named person (or persons) as a candi- 12 date (or candidates) for the nomination of such party for public office 13 or for election to a party position of such party. 14 Public Office 15 or party position Place of Residence 16 Names of (include district number, (also post office address, 17 candidates if applicable) if not identical) 18 ............ ................ ......................... 19 ............ ................ ......................... 20 I do hereby appoint .............................. (insert the names 21 and addresses of at least three persons, all of whom shall be enrolled 22 voters of said party) as a committee to fill vacancies in accordance 23 with the provisions of the election law. 24 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year 25 placed opposite my signature. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01274-01-7

A. 3422 2 1 Date Name of Signer Residence 2 ............ .............. ......................... 3 ............ .............. ......................... 4 Town or city (except 5 in the city of New 6 York, the county) 7 .................. 8 .................. 9 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 6-140 of the election 10 law, as amended by chapter 235 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read 11 as follows: 12 a. Each sheet of an independent nominating petition shall be signed in 13 ink, shall contain the following information and shall be in substan- 14 tially the following form: 15 I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a registered voter of 16 the political unit for which a nomination for public office is hereby 17 being made, that my present place of residence is truly stated opposite 18 my signature hereto, and that I do hereby nominate the following named 19 person (or persons) as a candidate (or as candidates) for election to 20 public office (or public offices) to be voted for at the election to be 21 held on the ............ day of ................, 20...., and that I 22 select the name ............................ (fill in name) as the name 23 of the independent body making the nomination (or nominations) and 24 ................ (fill in emblem) as the emblem of such body. 25 Public Place of residence 26 Office (also post office 27 Name of (include district address 28 Candidate number, if applicable) if not identical) 29 .......... ................. .......................... 30 .......... ................. .......................... 31 I do hereby appoint ............................. (here insert the names 32 and addresses of at least three persons, all of whom shall be registered 33 voters within such political unit), as a committee to fill vacancies in 34 accordance with the provisions of the election law. 35 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year 36 placed opposite my signature. 37 Date Name of Signer Residence 38 ...... ................ ....................... 39 ...... ................ ....................... 40 Town or city (except 41 in the city of New 42 York, the county) ....................... ....................... 43 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 6-204 of the election law, as amended by 44 chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 45 1. Party designations for elective village offices shall be made on a 46 designating petition containing the signatures in ink of residents of 47 the village who are registered to vote with the appropriate county board 48 of elections at the time of signing and who are enrolled in such poli- 49 tical party. The sheets of such a petition shall be numbered. A signer 50 need not himself or herself fill in the date or residence. Each sheet of

A. 3422 3 1 such petition must be in substantially the following form and shall 2 contain all the information required therein: 3 PARTY DESIGNATING PETITION 4 I, the undersigned do hereby state that I am a registered voter of the 5 Village of ............. and a duly enrolled voter of the ............. 6 party and entitled to vote at the next primary election of such party, 7 that my place of residence is truly stated opposite my signature hereto, 8 and I hereby designate the following named person (or persons) as a 9 candidate or (candidates) for nomination of such party for the public 10 office or (public offices) to be voted for at the primary election to be 11 held on the ...... day of ............ 20.... as hereinafter specified. 12 Public Office 13 (include district 14 number, 15 Name of Candidate if applicable) Term Residence 16 .................... ................. .......... ............ 17 .................... ................. .......... ............ 18 I do hereby appoint (insert names and addresses of at least three 19 persons, all of whom shall be enrolled voters of said party) as a 20 committee to fill vacancies in accordance with the provisions of the 21 election law. 22 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year 23 placed opposite my signature. 24 Date Name Residence 25 ............. ............. ............... 26 ............. ............. ............... 27 STATEMENT OF WITNESS 28 I ............... (name of witness) state: I am a duly qualified voter 29 of the State of New York; and an enrolled voter of the ......... party 30 and now reside in the Village of ......... County of ......... State of 31 New York at ............ (residence address) therein. Each of the 32 persons whose names are subscribed to this petition sheet containing 33 ......... signatures, subscribed his or her name in my presence. 34 I understand that this statement will be accepted for all purposes as 35 the equivalent of an affidavit and, if it contains a material false 36 statement, shall subject me to the same penalties as if I had been duly 37 sworn. 38 ........................ ................................. 39 Date Signature of witness 40 In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly qualified 41 voter of the state qualified to sign the petition, the following state- 42 ment signed by a notary public shall be accepted: 43 On the dates above indicated before me personally came each of the 44 voters whose signatures appear on this petition sheet containing 45 ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in my pres-

A. 3422 4 1 ence and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said 2 that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or her, was 3 true. 4 Date.................. 5 ............................... 6 (Signature and official title 7 of officer administering oath) 8 Page No........ 9 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 6-206 of the election law, as amended by 10 chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 11 1. Independent nominations for elective village offices shall be made 12 by a petition containing the signatures in ink of residents of the 13 village who are registered with the appropriate county board of 14 elections at the time of signing. The sheets of such a petition shall be 15 numbered. A signer need not himself or herself fill in the date or resi- 16 dence. Each sheet of such petition must be in substantially the follow- 17 ing form and shall contain all the information required therein: 18 VILLAGE INDEPENDENT NOMINATING PETITION 19 I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a registered voter of 20 the Village of......., that my present place of residence is truly stat- 21 ed opposite my signature, and I do hereby nominate the following named 22 person (or persons) as a candidate (or as candidates) for election to 23 public office (or public offices) to be voted for at the election to be 24 held on the.....day of........, 20....., and that I select the 25 name........... (fill in name) as the name of the independent body 26 making the nomination (or nominations) and.....(fill in emblem) as the 27 emblem of such body. 28 Name of 29 Candidate Public Office Term Residence 30 (include district 31 number, if applicable) 32 ............. .................... .... ............... 33 ............. .................... .... ............... 34 I do hereby appoint (insert names and addresses of at least three 35 persons, all of whom shall be registered voters within such village) as 36 a committee to fill vacancies in accordance with the provisions of the 37 election law. 38 In witness whereof, I have signed this petition on the day and year 39 stated before my signature. 40 Date Signature Residence 41 .......... ................. ................... 42 .......... ................. ................... 43 STATEMENT OF WITNESS 44 I, ..................... state that I am a duly qualified voter and 45 now reside at ...................... (residence address) in the Village 46 of ................ in the State of New York in the County of 47 ................. . Each of the voters whose names are subscribed to

A. 3422 5 1 this petition sheet containing ................ (fill in number) signa- 2 tures, subscribed his or her name in my presence. 3 I understand that this statement will be accepted for all purposes as 4 the equivalent of an affidavit and, if it contains a material false 5 statement, shall subject me to the same penalties as if I had been duly 6 sworn. 7 ....................... .............................. 8 Date Signature of witness 9 § 5. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 and subdivision 4 of section 15-108 10 of the election law, as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, are 11 amended to read as follows: 12 a. Party designations for elective village offices shall be made on a 13 designating petition containing the signatures in ink of residents of 14 the village who are registered to vote with the appropriate county board 15 of elections at the time of signing and who are enrolled in such poli- 16 tical party. The sheets of such a petition shall be numbered. Such peti- 17 tion must set forth in each instance the correct date of signing, the 18 name of the signer, and his or her present address, and may set forth a 19 committee to fill vacancies consisting of at least three qualified 20 voters of the village enrolled in such party and their residence within 21 the village. A signer need not himself or herself fill in the date or 22 residence. Each sheet of such petition must be in substantially the 23 following form and shall contain all the information required therein: 24 PARTY DESIGNATING PETITION 25 I, the undersigned do hereby state that I am a registered voter of the 26 Village of ...... and a duly enrolled voter of the ........ party and 27 entitled to vote at the next primary election of such party, that my 28 place of residence is truly stated opposite my signature hereto, and I 29 hereby designate the following named person (or persons) as a candidate 30 (or candidates) for nomination of such party for the public office (or 31 public offices) to be voted for at the primary election to be held on 32 the ...... day of ........... 20.... as hereinafter specified. 33 Public Office 34 (include district 35 number, if 36 Name of Candidate applicable) Term Residence 37 .................... ................. ....... ............... 38 .................... ................. ....... ............... 39 I do hereby appoint (insert names and addresses of at least three 40 persons, all of whom shall be enrolled voters of said party) as a 41 committee to fill vacancies in accordance with the provisions of the 42 election law. 43 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year 44 placed opposite my signature. 45 Date Name Residence 46 ............. ............. ............... 47 ............. ............. ...............

A. 3422 6 1 STATEMENT OF WITNESS 2 I ............... (name of witness) state: I am a duly qualified voter 3 of the State of New York; and an enrolled voter of the ......... party 4 and now reside in the Village of ......... County of ......... State of 5 New York at ............ (residence address) therein. Each of the 6 persons whose names are subscribed to this petition sheet 7 containing ......... signatures, subscribed his or her name in my pres- 8 ence. 9 I understand that this statement will be accepted for all purposes as 10 the equivalent of an affidavit and, if it contains a material false 11 statement, shall subject me to the same penalties as if I had been duly 12 sworn. 13 ....................... ........................... 14 Date Signature of Witness 15 page no. ......... 16 4. Independent nominations for elective village offices shall be made 17 by a petition containing the signatures in ink of residents of the 18 village who are registered with the appropriate county board of 19 elections at the time of signing or who are residents of the village who 20 were on the list of registered voters for the last village election in 21 such village. The sheets of such a petition shall be numbered. Such 22 petition must set forth in each instance the correct date of signing, 23 the name of the signer and his or her present address, and may set forth 24 a committee to fill vacancies consisting of at least three persons qual- 25 ified to vote in the village election and their residence within the 26 village. A signer need not himself or herself fill in the date or resi- 27 dence. Each sheet of such petition must be in substantially the follow- 28 ing form and shall contain all the information required therein except 29 as may otherwise be permitted by law. 30 VILLAGE INDEPENDENT NOMINATING PETITION 31 I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a registered voter of 32 the Village of .........., that my present place of residence is truly 33 stated opposite my signature, and I do hereby nominate the following 34 named person (or persons) as a candidate (or as candidates) for election 35 to public office (or public offices) to be voted for at the election to 36 be held on the ..... day of ........, 20....., and that I select the 37 name .............. (fill in name) as the name of the independent body 38 making the nomination (or nominations) and ..... (fill in emblem) as the 39 emblem of such body. 40 Public Office 41 (include district 42 number, if 43 Name of Candidate applicable) Term Residence 44 .................... ................. ........ ................. 45 .................... ................. ........ ................. 46 I do hereby appoint _ _ _ _ 47 Name Residence 48 ............................. ................................. 49 ............................. .................................

A. 3422 7 1 as a committee to fill vacancies in accordance with the provisions of 2 the election law. 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this petition on the day and year 4 stated before my signature. 5 Date Signature Residence 6 ............. ................. ............... 7 ............. ................. ............... 8 STATEMENT OF WITNESS 9 I, ............... state that I am a duly qualified voter and now 10 reside at ............. (residence address) in the Village 11 of ........... in the State of New York in the County of ........ . Each 12 of the voters whose names are subscribed to this petition sheet, 13 containing ........ (fill in number) signatures, subscribed his or her 14 name in my presence. 15 I understand that this statement will be accepted for all purposes as 16 the equivalent of an affidavit and, if it contains a material false 17 statement, shall subject me to the same penalties as if I had been duly 18 sworn. 19 Date .................... ........................... 20 Signature of Witness 21 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

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