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NY S06827
Bill
Status
6/14/2016
Primary Sponsor
Tony Avella
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AI Summary
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State Board of Elections shall publish campaign website addresses designated by candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state comptroller, state senate, and state assembly on its website.
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Candidates may provide website addresses on their petition cover sheet or in separate signed writing, and those who do not provide an address shall be listed as not having done so.
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State Board of Elections shall not publish website addresses determined to be unrelated to candidacy for public office, with such denials subject to review only through Article 78 special proceedings.
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State Board of Elections must display a disclaimer stating that website addresses are candidate-designated and the board is not responsible for or endorsing website content.
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State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules and regulations within six months of enactment establishing publication timeline, format, and objective criteria for determining if a website is unrelated to a candidacy; act takes effect December 1 following enactment.
Legislative Description
Requires the state board of elections to publish the campaign website addresses of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state comptroller, member of the state senate and member of the state assembly candidates for public office; directs such candidates to provide their campaign website addresses to the state board of elections.
Last Action
referred to election law
6/14/2016