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NY A09338

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jonathan Jacobson

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

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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