A 6880: Relates to the appointment of commissioners of elections; provides that once a party recommends a person for commissioner of elections the local legislative body shall automatically approve the appointment of such person.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6880 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the appointment of commissioners of elections The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3-204 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 116 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 4. Commissioners of [election] elections shall be appointed by the 5 county legislative body, or in the city of New York, by the city coun- 6 cil. Provided, however, that [if a legislative body shall fail to 7 appoint any person recommended by a party for appointment as a commis- 8 sioner pursuant to this section, within thirty days after the filing of 9 a certificate of recommendation with such legislative body, then the 10 members of such legislative body who are members of the political party 11 which filed such certificate may appoint such person. And further 12 provided, if there are no members of the legislative body who are 13 members of the political party which filed such certificate, the 14 appointment shall take effect upon the expiration of thirty days from 15 the date that the certificate was filed. If none of the persons named in 16 any of the certificates filed by a party are so appointed within sixty 17 days after the filing of any such certificate, then such party may file 18 another certificate within thirty days after the expiration of any such 19 sixty day period recommending a different person for such appointment. 20 If a party fails to file a certificate within the time prescribed by 21 this section, the members of the legislative body who are members of 22 such party may appoint any eligible person to such office] the legisla- 23 tive body shall automatically approve any recommendations for commis- 24 sioners of elections by a party. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10527-01-5