 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     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:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 6-158 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-a.  Notwithstanding  the  time  fixed  in  subdivision  one  of this
     4  section, for the year two thousand twenty-six, such designating petition
     5  required to be filed by such subdivision shall be filed not earlier than
     6  the thirteenth Monday before, and not  later  than  the  twelfth  Monday
     7  preceding the primary election.
     8    §  2.  Section  6-134  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
     9  subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
    10    4-a. Notwithstanding the  time  fixed  in  subdivision  four  of  this
    11  section,  for the year two thousand twenty-six, a signature made earlier
    12  than forty-one days before the last day to  file  designating  petitions
    13  for  the  primary  election,  or a signature made later than the twelfth
    14  Thursday preceding the primary election, shall not be counted.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect  January  1,  2026  and  shall  expire
    16  December  31,  2026 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall
    17  be deemed repealed.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02184-01-5
Relates to the dates to file a designating petition

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