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NY A09338
Bill
Status
Introduced
12/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jonathan Jacobson
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AI Summary
- Allows candidates who lost a party nomination decided at a caucus to file a certificate of declination for other nominations they hold for the same office
- Applies to candidates who had filed a designating petition with another party, won a primary nomination, or received another party's caucus nomination
- Sets a 10-day deadline to file the declination, starting from when the caucus nomination certificate (that the candidate lost) is filed
- Amends Election Law section 6-146 by adding a new paragraph (b) to subdivision 6
- Takes effect immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
Provides that a person who did not receive the nomination of a party in a caucus, may file a certificate of declination to a designation or nomination with respect to that office which the person had filed a designating petition of another party or had received the nomination after a primary or to a nomination of another party decided at a caucus within ten days after the certificate of nomination made pursuant to the caucus which the person had lost is filed.
Last Action
referred to election law
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Election Law12/10/2025
Full Bill Text
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