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CHAPTER 233 AN ACT in relation to the election law, recodifying the provisions thereof, by repealing chapter seventeen of the consolidated laws and reenacting a new chapter seventeen thereof and repealing subdivision six of section forty-two of the public officers law and amending such law in relation to filling vacanc…
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1-100. Short title. 1-102. Applicability of chapter. 1-104. Definitions. 1-106. Filing of papers; when received. 1-108. Expenses related to local mandatory and permissive referendum.
Section 1-100. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Election Law".
§ 1-102. Applicability of chapter. This chapter shall govern the conduct of all elections at which voters of the state of New York may cast a ballot for the purpose of electing an individual to any party position or nominating or electing an individual to any federal, state, county, city, town or village office, or dec…
§ 1-104. Definitions. The terms used in this chapter shall have the significance herein defined unless another meaning is clearly apparent in language or context. 1. The term "political unit" means the state or any political subdivision thereof or therein. 2. The term "unit of representation" means any political unit f…
§ 1-106. Filing of papers; when received. 1. All papers required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall, unless otherwise provided, be filed between the hours of nine A.M. and five P.M. On the last day of filing in the county of Westchester, petitions of designation or nomination shall be filed be…
§ 1-108. Expenses related to local mandatory and permissive referendum. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no private individual, partnership, corporation, industry, association, organization, firm, trust, estate or other legal entity not associated with the state or a municipality shall direct…
ARTICLE 2 PARTY ORGANIZATION Section 2-100. Party committees; provision for. 2-102. State committee; creation. 2-104. County committee; creation. 2-106. State and county committees; election of members. 2-108. State and county committees; new party. 2-110. Committees other than state and county; creation. 2-112. Commit…
§ 2-100. Party committees; provision for. Party committees shall consist of a state committee, county committees, and such other committees as the rules of the party may allow.
§ 2-102. State committee; creation. 1. The members of the state committee of each party shall be elected from such units of representation as the state committee shall by rule provide. The number of members representing each unit may vary, but each member shall be entitled to an equal vote within his unit. Each member…
§ 2-104. County committee; creation. 1. The county committee of each party shall be constituted by the election in each election district within such county of at least two members and of such additional members as the rules of the county committee of the party within the county or the statement filed pursuant hereto m…
§ 2-106. State and county committees; election of members. 1. Members of the state and county committees shall be elected at the primary election as herein provided. 2. Members of the state committee shall be elected biennially. 3. Members of county committees shall be elected biennially, except that to effect a transi…
§ 2-108. State and county committees; new party. The state committee and county committees of a new political party, which meet prior to the first primary for which members of such party shall have become enrolled, shall be formed as provided by the rules of such party.
§ 2-110. Committees other than state and county; creation. 1. All committees other than state and county committees shall be formed in the manner provided for by the rules of the party. 2. In the city of New York there shall be the party positions of assembly district leaders or, if the rules of the county committee sh…
§ 2-112. Committees; organization. 1. Every committee shall meet and organize by electing a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as they may pursuant to their rules. (a) Every state committee shall meet no earlier than September seventeenth and no later than October first following the June primar…
§ 2-114. Committees; rules of. 1. Each committee may prepare rules for governing the party within its political unit. Within ten days after the adoption of any rule or amendment thereto a certified copy thereof shall be filed by the state committee in the office of the state board of elections, and by the county commit…
§ 2-116. Committee; removal of member. A member or officer of a party committee may be removed by such committee for disloyalty to the party or corruption in office after notice is given and a hearing upon written charges has been had. The hearing shall be held by the committee, or a subcommittee thereof appointed for…
§ 2-118. Committees; vacancies, how filled and effect of change of boundaries. 1. In the case of the death, declination, enrollment in another party, removal from the unit or removal from office of a member of a committee, or the failure to nominate or elect a member, the vacancy created thereby shall be filled by the…
§ 2-120. Party positions; to be filled at primary election, time for filing statement as to. 1. The chairman of the county committee of each party or such person as may be designated by the rules of the county committee shall file with the board of elections not later than two weeks before the first day on which design…
§ 2-122. National party conventions; delegates, election. Delegates and alternates to a national convention of a party shall be elected from congressional districts, or partly from the state at large and partly from congressional districts, as the rules of the state committee may provide. Such delegates and alternates…
§ 2-124. Party names and emblems; provision for. 1. The state committee of a party shall select a name and emblem to distinguish the candidates of the party for public office in all districts of the state, and shall file in the office of the state board of elections, a certificate executed by its chairman and secretary…
ARTICLE 3 ELECTION OFFICIALS Title I. Statewide provisions. II. Board of elections. III. Election personnel. IV. Election inspectors and poll clerks. V. Alternate provisions.
TITLE I STATEWIDE PROVISIONS Section 3-100. New York state board of elections; membership; organization. 3-102. State board of elections; general powers and duties. 3-103. Computerized record keeping; sharing information in database. 3-104. State board of elections; enforcement powers. 3-104-a. Compliance unit; complia…
§ 3-100. New York state board of elections; membership; organization. 1. There is hereby created within the executive department a New York state board of elections, hereafter referred to as the "state board of elections", composed of four commissioners appointed by the governor: two commissioners, one each from among…
§ 3-102. State board of elections; general powers and duties. In addition to the enforcement powers and any other powers and duties specified by law, the state board of elections shall have the power and duty to: 1. issue instructions and promulgate rules and regulations relating to the administration of the election p…