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A 6320: Permits New York city voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates for the same New York City municipal public office or party position.
What A 6320 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to allow New York City voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates for the same New York City municipal public office or party position. Currently, voters are limited to signing petitions for a specific number of candidates, and their signatures are counted in order of priority date. However, under this bill, voters in New York City can designate a greater number of candidates without any limit, as long as the number of designations does not exceed the number of people to be elected. This change would apply only to New York City municipal public offices and party positions.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to election law (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6320
- What is the current status of A 6320?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 6320 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to election law".
- Did A 6320 pass?
- Not yet. A 6320 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6320, and where is it now?
- A 6320 was authored by Asm. Claire Valdez. Its committee of record is Assembly Election Law.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to election law |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | referred to election law |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 4, 2025 · 299 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6320 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. VALDEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to permitting New York city voters to sign designating petitions for multiple candidates for the same New York city municipal public office or party position The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6-134 of the election law, as 2 added by chapter 709 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 3 3. (a) If a voter shall sign any petition or petitions designating a 4 greater number of candidates for public office or party position than 5 the number of persons to be elected thereto [his] their signatures, if 6 they bear the same date, shall not be counted upon any petition, and if 7 they bear different dates shall be counted in the order of their priori- 8 ty of date, for only so many designees as there are persons to be 9 elected. 10 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi- 11 sion, a voter in the city of New York may designate a greater number of 12 candidates for a New York city municipal public office or party position 13 within the five counties of New York city than the number of persons to 14 be elected, with no limit to the number of designations. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00117-01-5
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