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New York Statutes § 2-120 Party positions; to be filled at primary election, time for filing statement as to

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Effective Until 12/31/2024

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 designating petitions for a primary election may be signed, a statement of the party positions to be filled by such party at such primary election, and the number of persons to be elected to each position; provided, however, that failure to file such statement shall not be construed as a prerequisite to filing designating petitions for such position.
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(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no change shall be made to an election district line in effect as of February twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-four except if such election district is bisected by a change in a congressional district boundary line. Such change to an election district line shall be in conformance with the provisions of this subdivision. Any election district as of February twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-four that is not bisected by a change in a congressional district line shall not be changed nor renumbered after February twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-four unless specifically required by law.
(b) For the year two thousand twenty-four, when a party position is to be elected from an election district altered pursuant to this subdivision as a result of a new congressional district line bisecting such election district, any candidate petitioning for such party position therefrom shall be deemed to be a candidate from the new election district created pursuant to this subdivision which has the largest portion of the population of such original election district. Such larger portion shall retain the election district number of the original election district. The portion of such original election district with the smaller population shall also be a new election district, but in the year two thousand twenty-four, no party positions shall be elected therefrom. Party positions from such smaller portion shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled by the county committee pursuant to subdivision one of section 2-118 of this article upon the reorganization of such party committee. Such smaller election district shall be numbered by the next unused election district number and no other election district shall be renumbered.
(c) For purposes of the requirement that a county committee shall be constituted by the election of at least twenty-five percent of its full complement pursuant to subdivision three of section 2-104 of this article, any newly created election district created pursuant to this subdivision shall be excluded from such twenty-five percent computation.
2. If the party positions to be filled are elected from a district which includes parts of two or more counties, the chairman of the state committee of each party or such person as may be designated by the rules of the state committee shall file such statement with the state board of elections and the board of elections for each county within such district.
3. In each county within the city of New York, and in each county outside of such city where the rules of the county committee of a party provide for the election of assembly district leaders, or one assembly district leader and one associate assembly district leader from parts of an assembly district, the statement filed by such committee shall also set forth the election districts contained within each such part of such assembly district.

History

Amended by New York Laws 2024 , ch. 93 , Sec. 2 , eff. 2/28/2024 , exp. 12/31/2024 .

Amended by New York Laws 2022 , ch. 17 , Sec. 1 , eff. 2/15/2022 , exp. 12/31/2022 .

Amended by New York Laws 2014 , ch. 20 , Sec. 1 , eff. 5/9/2014 .

Effective Starting 12/31/2024

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 designating petitions for a primary election may be signed, a statement of the party positions to be filled by such party at such primary election, and the number of persons to be elected to each position; provided, however, that failure to file such statement shall not be construed as a prerequisite to filing designating petitions for such position.
2. If the party positions to be filled are elected from a district which includes parts of two or more counties, the chairman of the state committee of each party or such person as may be designated by the rules of the state committee shall file such statement with the state board of elections and the board of elections for each county within such district.
3. In each county within the city of New York, and in each county outside of such city where the rules of the county committee of a party provide for the election of assembly district leaders, or one assembly district leader and one associate assembly district leader from parts of an assembly district, the statement filed by such committee shall also set forth the election districts contained within each such part of such assembly district.

History

Amended by New York Laws 2024 , ch. 93 , Sec. 2 , eff. 2/28/2024 , exp. 12/31/2024 .

Amended by New York Laws 2022 , ch. 17 , Sec. 1 , eff. 2/15/2022 , exp. 12/31/2022 .

Amended by New York Laws 2014 , ch. 20 , Sec. 1 , eff. 5/9/2014 .

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