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NY A06846
Bill
Status
5/8/2023
Primary Sponsor
John McDonald
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AI Summary
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Changes the filing deadline for nominating petitions in city school board elections from twenty days to thirty days before the annual election.
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Establishes a five-day objection period beginning the day after the filing deadline during which qualified voters may challenge petition placement on grounds including insufficient signatures, unqualified signatories, insufficient candidate information, or late filing.
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Requires the board of education to examine objections and determine within five days whether to remove candidate names from the ballot.
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Directs the clerk of the board of education to finalize the ballot on the twentieth day preceding the election after all objections have been decided.
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Specifies that the drawing for candidate name order on ballots shall occur on the twentieth day preceding the election for small city school districts, rather than the day after the filing deadline.
Legislative Description
Requires that nominating petitions for small city school district elections be submitted no later than thirty days prior to the election; provides for a ten-day period for objecting to any nominating petitions; outlines the duties of the clerk of the board of education in finalizing the ballot after the ten-day objection period; provides that certain provisions concerning the date of the drawing for the names on the ballot do not apply to small city school districts.
Last Action
referred to education
1/3/2024