Bill Text: NY A01265 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits the conduct of political party meetings, conventions and caucuses via video-conferencing; permits proxy voting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to election law [A01265 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01265-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1265

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, JACKSON, WALKER -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Election Law

        AN ACT relating to permitting video-conferencing of,  and  proxy  voting
          at,  political party meetings, conventions and caucuses; and providing
          for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law or a party committee's
     2  rules to the contrary:
     3    (a)  any party caucus, party meeting or party convention held pursuant
     4  to the election law in the year 2023 may  be  held  by  means  of  video
     5  conferencing  in  whole or in part, at the discretion of the chairperson
     6  calling such meeting; provided, however, that any required notice  shall
     7  include  instructions  to  participants  as  to how to access such video
     8  conference;
     9    (b) proxy voting at any party caucus, party meeting or  party  conven-
    10  tion held pursuant to the election law in the year 2023 shall be permit-
    11  ted.   Except where a greater number is permitted by a party committee's
    12  rules, any person eligible to attend and vote at such a caucus,  meeting
    13  or convention may hold up to ten proxies or a number of proxies equaling
    14  the  number  of members or delegates contained in the member's or deleg-
    15  ate's assembly district, whichever is less. A proxy statement may be  in
    16  the form prescribed by the party committee's rules or as accepted in the
    17  past  by  the  party  entity  or  may be substantially as follows: "I, a
    18  member or eligible voter of (insert party caucus, party meeting or party
    19  convention), do hereby give my proxy authorization to  (insert  name  of
    20  proxy holder) who shall be authorized to vote in my stead at the (insert
    21  party  caucus,  party meeting or party convention) to be held on (insert
    22  date) and any adjourned date thereof." Any proxy granted hereunder shall
    23  be revocable in a writing provided to the  secretary  or  chair  of  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01172-01-3
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     1  party  entity  or  by the attendance of the proxy grantor at the caucus,
     2  meeting or convention stated; and
     3    (c)  a  delegate to a judicial convention may give his or her proxy to
     4  any delegate or alternate delegate in the same judicial district.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
     6  deemed repealed December 31, 2023.