S 7111: 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.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7111 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 1, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to permit political parties to perform certain functions without forming county committees 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 6-120 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 164 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 3. The members of the party committee representing the political 5 subdivision of the office for which a designation or nomination is to be 6 made, unless the rules of the party provide for another committee, in 7 which case the members of such other committee[, and except as herein- 8 after in this subdivision provided with respect to certain offices in 9 the city of New York], may, by a majority vote of those present at such 10 meeting provided a quorum is present, authorize the designation or nomi- 11 nation of a person as candidate for any office who is not enrolled as a 12 member of such party as provided in this section. [In] Notwithstanding 13 the foregoing, in the event that such designation or nomination is made 14 by a major party for an office to be filled by all the voters of the 15 city of New York, such authorization must be by a majority vote of those 16 present at a joint meeting of the executive committees of each of the 17 county committees of the party within the city of New York, provided a 18 quorum is present at such meeting. The certificate of authorization 19 shall be filed not later than four days after the last day to file the 20 designating petition, certificate of nomination or certificate of 21 substitution to which such authorization relates, provided, however, 22 such certificate shall be filed not later than nine days following the 23 issuance of a proclamation of a special election held pursuant to para- 24 graph b of subdivision three of section forty-two of the public officers 25 law. The certificate of authorization shall be signed and acknowledged EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10920-01-5 
 S. 7111 2 1 by the presiding officer and the secretary of the meeting at which such 2 authorization was given. 3 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 16-110 of the election law is amended 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows: 5 2. The [chairman] chairperson of the county committee of a party with 6 which a voter is enrolled in such county, or, in the absence of a county 7 committee in such county, a person elected for such purpose by a majori- 8 ty vote of the state committee of the party at a regular or special 9 meeting of the party at which a quorum is present, may, upon a written 10 complaint by an enrolled member of such party in such county and after a 11 hearing held by [him] such person or by a sub-committee appointed by 12 [him] such person upon at least two days' notice to the voter, 13 personally or by mail, determine that the voter is not in sympathy with 14 the principles of such party. The Supreme Court or a justice thereof 15 within the judicial district, in a proceeding instituted by a duly 16 enrolled voter of the party at least ten days before a primary election, 17 shall direct the enrollment of such voter to be cancelled if it appears 18 from the proceedings before such [chairman] person or sub-committee, and 19 other proofs, if any, presented, that such determination is just. 20 3. The state committee of a party may elect, by majority vote at a 21 regular or special meeting at which a quorum is present, a person or 22 persons to receive complaints, hold hearings and institute proceedings 23 under this section for any county or counties in which there is no coun- 24 ty committee of such party. 25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.