§ 6-142 — Independent nominations; number of signatures

New York § 6-142

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law ELN: Election
• Art. 6: Designation and Nomination of Candidates

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§ 6-142. Independent nominations; number of signatures. 1. An\nindependent nominating petition for candidates to be voted for by all\nthe voters of the state must be signed by at least forty-five thousand\nvoters, or one percent of the total number of votes, excluding blank and\nvoid ballots, cast for the office of governor at the last gubernatorial\nelection, whichever is less, of whom at least five hundred, or one\npercent of enrolled voters, whichever is less, shall reside in each of\none-half of the congressional districts of the State.\n 2. An independent nominating petition for the nomination of candidates\nfor an office to be filled by the voters of any other political unit\nmust be signed by voters numbering five per centum of the total number\nof votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial election in such\nunit, excluding blank and void votes, except that not more than three\nthousand five hundred signatures shall be required upon any such\npetition for any office to be filled in any political subdivision of the\nstate wholly outside the city of New York, and not more than the\nfollowing numbers of signatures shall be required upon any such petition\nfor the following public offices respectively:\n (a) for any office to be filled in any county or portion thereof\noutside the city of New York, one thousand five hundred;\n (b) for any office to be filled by all the voters of the city of New\nYork, seven thousand five hundred;\n (b-1) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any two\ncounties in such city, four thousand;\n (c) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any county or\nborough in such city, four thousand;\n (d) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any municipal\ncourt district, three thousand signatures;\n (d-1) for any office to be filled in the city of New York by all the\nvoters of any city council district, two thousand seven hundred;\n (e) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional\ndistrict, three thousand five hundred;\n (f) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any state\nsenatorial district, three thousand;\n (g) for any office to be filled by all the voters of an assembly\ndistrict, one thousand five hundred;\n (h) for the office of trustee of the Long Island Power Authority, five\nhundred;\n (i) for any office to be filled by the voters of any political\nsubdivision contained within another political subdivision except as\nherein otherwise provided, not to exceed the number of signatures\nrequired for the larger subdivision.\n