Permits political parties to designate or nominate candidates for positions to be filled by all the voters, and perform other functions without forming county committees.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7862AREVISED 6/11/25
SPONSOR: Levenberg TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to permit political
parties to perform certain functions without forming county committees
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this legislation is to permit political parties to
perform certain functions without forming county committees.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1.
-Amends subdivision 2 of section 16-110 of the Election Law to allow
counties without a county committee to elect a person for this purpose.
This shall be done by a majority vote of the state committee of the
party at a regular or special meeting where a quorum is present.
-Adds a new subdivision 3 to section 16-110 of the Election Law, which
states that the state committee of a party may elect, by majority vote
at a regular or special meeting where a quorum is present, a person(s)
to receive complaints, hold hearings and institute proceedings under
this section for any counties where there is no committee.
Section 2. Establishes the effective date.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
Deletes the previous section 1, and makes the old sections 2 and 3, 1
and 2 respectively.
JUSTIFICATION:
It may be helpful to provide a small background as to the article that
is being amended by this legislation, Article 16 of New York State
Election Law, and specifically, its section regarding `judicial
proceedings of enrollment', which encompasses two parts.
The first part establishes that when a proceeding is brought forth by a
duly enrolled voter of a political party, a supreme court justice or a
county court judge (within that judicial district or county) may remove
a voter's party enrollment if it is found that the voter died, the resi-
dence was incorrect on their registration record, or if any material
statement in the declaration of the voter upon enrollment was false.
The second part establishes that when an enrolled member of a political
party makes a written complaint, the chair of a political party's county
committee, after holding a hearing, may determine a voter is not in
sympathy with the principles of such party. In such case, in a proceed-
ing instituted by a duly enrolled voter of the party at least ten days
before a primary, the Supreme Court or a justice shall direct that a
voter's enrollment be cancelled.
In relation to the second part above, there are minor political parties
that may not have a county committee in each county or may not have any
at all. This legislation will allow a party's state committee to elect a
person for this purpose when a county does not have a county committee.
This will allow counties without committees to have the same options as
those with such committees. Therefore, a once unforeseen loophole is
being closed.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is new legislation.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Fiscal implications associated with the passage of this legislation,
have not been determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
