§ 6-136 — Designating petitions; number of signatures

New York § 6-136

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

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§ 6-136. Designating petitions; number of signatures. 1. Petitions for\nany office to be filled by the voters of the entire state must be signed\nby not less than fifteen thousand or five per centum, whichever is less,\nof the then enrolled voters of the party in the state (excluding voters\nin inactive status), of whom not less than one hundred or five per\ncentum, whichever is less, of such enrolled voters shall reside in each\nof one-half of the congressional districts of the state.\n 2. All other petitions must be signed by not less than five per\ncentum, as determined by the preceding enrollment, of the then enrolled\nvoters of the party residing within the political unit in which the\noffice or position is to be voted for (excluding voters in inactive\nstatus), provided, however, that for the following public offices the\nnumber of signatures need not exceed the following limits:\n (a) For any office to be filled by all voters of the city of New York,\nseven thousand five hundred signatures;\n (b) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any county or\nborough within the city of New York, four thousand signatures;\n (c) For any office to be filled in the city of New York by all the\nvoters of any municipal court district, one thousand five hundred\nsignatures;\n (c-1) For any office to be filled in the city of New York by all the\nvoters of any city council district, nine hundred signatures;\n (d) For any office to be filled by all the voters of cities or\ncounties, except the city of New York and counties therein, containing\nmore than two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants according to the last\npreceding federal enumeration, two thousand signatures;\n (e) For any office to be filled by all the voters of cities or\ncounties containing more than twenty-five thousand and not more than two\nhundred fifty thousand inhabitants, according to the last preceding\nfederal enumeration, one thousand signatures;\n (f) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any other city or\ncounty, or of a councilmanic district in any city other than the city of\nNew York, five hundred signatures;\n (g) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional\ndistrict, twelve hundred fifty signatures;\n (h) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any state\nsenatorial district, one thousand signatures;\n (i) For any office to be filled by all voters of any assembly\ndistrict, five hundred signatures;\n (j) For any office to be filled by all the voters of any political\nsubdivision, except as herein otherwise provided, contained within\nanother political subdivision, not to exceed the number of signatures\nrequired for the larger subdivision;\n (k) For any other office to be filled by the voters of a political\nsubdivision containing more than one assembly district, county or other\npolitical subdivision, not to exceed the aggregate of the signatures\nrequired for the subdivisions or parts of subdivisions so contained; and\n (l) For any county legislative district, five hundred signatures.\n 3. The number of signatures on a petition to designate a candidate or\ncandidates for the position of delegate or alternate to a state or\njudicial district convention or member of the state committee or\nassembly district leader or associate assembly district leader need not\nexceed the number required for member of assembly, and to designate a\ncandidate for the position of district delegate to a national party\nconvention need not exceed the number required for a petition for\nrepresentative in congress.\n