A4161 cuts the number of signatures needed for all petitions (except statewide petitions) in half. The bill covers petitions for candidates seeking a place on a primary ballot, and also petitions for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties seeking to qualify for the general election. It is sponsored by Assemblymembers Barbara Clark (D-Cambria Hts.), Sandy Galef (D-Ossining), and Mike Spano (D-Yonkers).
S1366 and its companion bill, A4959, delete the requirement that independent candidate petitions can only be circulated by people who live in that district. The bill merely conforms the law to current policy, since the district residency requirement was declared unconstitutional in 2004 in Chou v New York State Board of Elections.
Michael H. Drucker
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