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NY A09947
Bill
Status
4/19/2022
Primary Sponsor
Amy Paulin
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AI Summary
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Allows candidates to decline their designation or nomination for an office under three extraordinary circumstances: diagnosis of a life-threatening illness, indictment for a crime, or resignation from the office they were nominated to run for re-election.
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Requires the declination be submitted in a signed and acknowledged certificate filed no later than three business days before ballot certification.
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Applies existing vacancy-filling procedures when a designation or nomination is declined under these special circumstances.
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Requires a certificate of substitution for the replacement candidate to be filed with the board of elections no later than two business days after the declination is received.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position if the person designated or nominated has received a diagnosis of a life-threatening illness, has been indicted for a crime or has resigned the office for which they are nominated or designated to run for re-election.
Last Action
referred to election law
4/19/2022