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NY S05943
Bill
Status
8/6/2024
Primary Sponsor
James Skoufis
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AI Summary
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Amends Election Law Section 7-104 to establish a specific order of precedence for offices appearing on ballots in New York State.
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Requires the following offices to appear in this order: electors for president and vice-president, governor and lieutenant governor, state comptroller, state attorney general, U.S. senator, U.S. House member, state senator, and state assembly member.
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Prohibits any office not listed in the precedence order from appearing on the ballot before or ahead of the listed offices.
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Places all remaining offices after the listed precedences in customary order, with partisan offices appearing before nonpartisan offices and all judicial candidates following other partisan offices.
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Takes effect on January 1 following the date the bill becomes law.
Legislative Description
Modifies the order in which candidates appear on the ballot; requires that offices shall be listed on the ballot in descending order based on the size of the electorate and requires certain federal offices to be listed before state, county or local offices.
Last Action
SIGNED CHAP.217
8/6/2024