Bill Text: NY A07155 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Eliminates run-off elections in primaries; provides that the person who receives the highest percentage of the total votes cast at the primary shall be deemed the winner of the primary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A07155 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A07155-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7155 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the determination of a winner of a primary election; and to repeal section 6-162 of the election law, subdivision 5 of section 3-705 and subdivision 6 of section 3-709 of the administrative code of the city of New York relating to run-off primary elections in the city of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6-160 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. The individual who receives the highest percentage of the total 4 votes cast at the primary shall be deemed the winner of the primary. 5 § 2. Section 6-162 of the election law is REPEALED. 6 § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 3-705 of the administrative code of the 7 city of New York is REPEALED. 8 § 4. Subdivision 6 of section 3-709 of the administrative code of the 9 city of New York is REPEALED. 10 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11097-01-9
