NOTE: The
information contained here is intended to provide general guidance
for those who are preparing to circulate petitions, and is not to
be used as a substitute for consulting the Election Law for
specific petition requirements.
Persons wishing to
run for elective office may be nominated either by a political
party or through the filing of an independent nominating petition.
Party members may also circulate petitions to create the
opportunity to write in the name of an unspecified person for an
office in which there is no contest for the party endorsement. The
current political parties are the Republican, Democrat,
Independence, Conservative, Liberal, Right to Life, Green and
Working Families parties. Any person who is not nominated by one
of these parties must file an independent nominating petition. The
requirements for all petitions are contained in Article
6 of the Election Law. The provisions for village elections
vary slightly, and the reader is directed to Article
15 of the Election Law for specifics.
Party
Nominations
Party nomination of
candidates for elective office is made at either a party caucus or
at a primary election.
Caucuses
A caucus is an open
meeting of a town or village's political party at which candidates
are nominated for elective office. Only residents of the town or
village who are enrolled members of the party may participate in
the caucus. For further information on caucuses see, Election
Law §6-108 (towns) and §15-108 (villages).
Designating
Petitions
If a party nominates
its candidates through the primary election process, party
designations for this primary are made on a designating petition.
The Election Law sets forth the form of this petition; §6-132
(state, county and town offices) and §15-108 (village offices). Only enrolled members of a party qualified to vote for an office
may sign designating petitions of the party.
Nomination
of Non-Party Member
Political parties
may nominate a candidate who is not an enrolled member of the
political party. Such parties must file a certificate of
authorization, signed and acknowledged by the presiding officer
and the secretary of the meeting at which such authorization is
given. A certificate of authorization is not needed for
nominations resulting from a caucus or for a candidate for a
judicial office.
Independent
Nominations
To run for office on
a line other than an official party line, one must file an
independent nominating petition. The Election Law sets forth the
form of this petition; §6-140 (state, county
and town offices) and §15-108 (village offices). Any
registered voter who has not already signed a designating
petition, and who is qualified to vote for an office, may sign an
independent nominating petition for that office. For Village
offices if you participated in a caucus, you cannot sign an
independent nominating petition.
Form of
Petitions
The statute requires
that all petitions be substantially in the form set forth in the
law. See, Election Law §6-132 (party
designating petitions), §6-140 (independent nominating petitions)
and §15-108 (village designating and independent petitions).
Deviations or slight rearrangements of the form of petition are
not fatal defects, provided that the petition contains all of the
required information.
Each sheet of the
petition must correctly set forth:
- the date of the election;
- the name of the
candidate and the office or position sought;
- the candidate's
residence, and if different, their mailing or post office
address;
- information about
the signer: date of signing, voter's residence address, town
or city and
- information
relating to the person who witnesses the signatures.
A petition may
include a committee on vacancies. Failure to provide such a
committee, or naming a committee of fewer than three persons, will
not invalidate the petition.
The voter need only
sign the appropriate line on the petition sheet. All other
information may be filled in by someone else. Corrections may be
made to any information on the signature line. However,
corrections or alterations in the date or the signature MUST be
initialed by the person making the correction.
Voters may not sign
a petition for more candidates than there are openings for an
office. For example, if there is one council seat open, then the
voter may only sign one petition for a candidate for that office.
If there are 2 seats open, the voter may sign petitions for 2
candidates.
The pages of a
petition must be sequentially numbered and securely fastened.
Witnesses to a Petition
Anyone who is
qualified to sign a petition may witness a petition. The
information required for the witness statement is mandatory.
Omissions, errors, or unexplained alterations/corrections, may
invalidate the entire page. When the witness signs the statement
of witness, they are making an oath that subjects them to the
penalties for perjury if any of the information preceding their
signature is false. The information preceding the signature
includes the name and residence of the witness; the number of
signatures on the page; a statement that each person signed in
their presence; and the date they are signing the statement.
Witness identification information, which follows the witness's
signature, may be provided by anyone, at any time before the
petition is filed. This information includes the town or city; and
the county of the witness's registration.
Cover Sheets
If there are 10 or
more pages in a petition, there must be a cover sheet. In New York
City, and in other counties where identification numbers are used,
only one cover sheet is required, regardless of the number of
volumes in the petition. In all other instances, a multi-volume
petition requires a cover sheet for each volume.
Cover sheets must
contain the following information:
- Name, residence address, and
mailing address if different, of the candidate.
- The public office or party
position sought.
- The name of the party or
independent body making the nomination.
- A statement that the petition
contains a number of signatures equal to or in excess of the
number required by statute.
- The volume number OR
identification number of that volume.
- The total number of volumes in
each petition OR the identification number for each volume of
the petition.
The following
information is optional:
- The name, residence address,
(and mailing address if different) telephone number, and
facsimile number of the person designated to receive notice of
deficiencies in binding or cover sheet requirements.
There are additional
requirements if the petition contains candidates for county
committee, and if there are different candidates on the several
pages of the petition. Those requirements are contained in Part
6215 of the rules and regulations of the State Board of
Elections.
Pursuant to Part
6215 of the rules and regulations of the State Board of
Elections, the Board will provide notice of any correctable errors
in cover sheet(s) and binding.
Filing of
Petitions, Acceptances, Authorizations and Declinations
All filings must be
filed timely (See the Political
Calendar) and in the proper manner at the appropriate board of
elections. Pursuant to section 1-106(1) of the New York State
Election Law, all papers are required to be filed between the
hours of nine A.M. and five P.M. If the last day for filing shall
fall on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the next business day
shall become the last day for filing. All papers sent by mail in
an envelope postmarked prior to midnight of the last day of filing
shall be deemed timely filed and accepted for filing when
received, except any documents that are required
to be filed with the board of elections of the city of New York
must be actually received by such city board of elections on or
before midnight of the last day to file any such document. Failure
to do so shall be a fatal defect.
No filings will be
accepted by facsimile.
Candidates must file
a certificate of acceptance for nominations made by independent
nominating petitions, or if they are named in a designating
petition but are not enrolled members of that party. Neither an
authorization nor an acceptance is required if the individual is a
candidate for a judicial office. A declination must be filed
should the candidate decide not to accept the designation or
nomination.
Objections
Every petition is
presumed to be valid when filed, if, on its face, it appears to be
in proper form and to contain enough signatures. However, a
registered voter may challenge the validity of a petition. Written
objections must be filed within 3 days after the petition is filed
(1 day in a village election). Specifications of objections must
be filed within 6 days of filing the general objections (2 days in
a village election). For petitions filed with the State Board of
Elections, objectors must deliver a copy of the specifications of
objections to the candidate and file proof of such delivery with
the State Board. For further details see Election
Law §6-154 and §15-108 and Part 6204 of the rules and
regulations of the State Board of Elections.
RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT
Independent Candidates
An independent candidate for
president is someone who is running on a line other than an
official party line. Petitions for independent candidates must
include the names of the presidential and vice-presidential
candidates, as well as the names of person(s) running for the
electoral college. Each state is permitted to have one elector for
each congressional district, plus two at-large electors.
Independent petitions for
president must contain 15,000 signatures. At least 100 signatures
must come from each of one-half of the congressional districts in
the state. Election Law §6-142(1). Each
candidate named in an independent petition for president is
required to file an acknowledged acceptance of the nomination no
later than the third day after the last day to file the petition. Election
Law §6-146(1).
If there are 10 or more pages in
a petition, there must be a cover sheet. A multi-volume petition
requires a cover sheet for each volume. Cover sheets must contain
the following information:
- Name, address, and mailing
address if different, of candidates
- Office sought
- Name and emblem of the
independent body making the nomination
- A statement that the petition
contains a number of signatures equal to or in excess of the
number required by statute.
- The volume number of that
volume
- The total number of volumes in
the petition
Additional information on cover
sheets is contained in Part 6215 of the rules
and regulations of the State Board of Elections.
Write-In Candidates
To run as a write-in candidate
for president, you are required to file a certificate of candidacy
with the State Board of Elections no later than the third Tuesday
prior to the general election. The certificate must be signed by
the presidential candidate and must contain the following
information:
- Name and address of
presidential candidate
- Name and address of any
vice-presidential candidate, and a signed certificate of
acceptance from such candidate
- Name and address of at least
one elector, with an acceptance certificate and pledge of
support signed by each such candidate for elector.
See Election
Law §6-153 for further information.
PETITION
SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS
Refer to the Official
Political Calendar for petition signature requirements
WHERE TO FILE
PETITIONS
CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS
-
1 - Suffolk County Board of
Elections
2 and 3 - State Board of Elections
4 - Nassau County Board of Elections
5 - State Board of Elections
6 through 16 - New York City Board of Elections
17 through 29 - State Board of Elections
SENATE DISTRICTS
-
1 through 4 - Suffolk
County Board of Elections
5 - State Board of Elections
6 and 7 - Nassau County Board of Elections
8 - State Board of Elections
9 - Nassau County Board of Elections
10 through 33 - New York City Board of Elections
34 - State Board of Elections
35- Westchester County Board of Elections
36 - State Board of Elections
37 - Westchester County Board of Elections
38 through 45 - State Board of Elections
46 - Albany County Board of Elections
47 through 54 - State Board of Elections
55 and 56 - Monroe County Board of Elections
57 - State Board of Elections
58 - Erie County Board of Elections
59 through 62 - State Board of Elections
ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS
-
1 through 9 - Suffolk
County Board of Elections
10 - State Board of Elections
11 - Suffolk County Board of Elections
12 through 21 - Nassau County Board of Elections
22 through 86 - New York City Board of Elections
87 through 89 - Westchester County Board of Elections
90 - State Board of Elections
91 and 93 - Westchester County Board of Elections
94 and 95 - Rockland County Board of Elections
96 through 101 - State Board of Elections
102 - Dutchess County Board of Elections
103 - State Board of Elections
104 - Albany County Board of Elections
105 through 115 - State Board of Elections
116 - Oneida County Board of Elections
117 and 118 - State Board of Elections
119 through 121 - Onondaga County Board of Elections
122 through 125 - State Board of Elections
126 - Broome County Board of Elections
127 through 130 - State Board of Elections
131 through 135 - Monroe County Board of Elections
136 and 137 - State Board of Elections
138 - Niagara County Board of Elections
139 and 140 - State Board of Elections
141 - Erie County Board of Elections
142 - State Board of Elections
143 through 146 - Erie County Board of Elections
147 through 149 - State Board of Elections
150 - Chautauqua County Board of Elections
FOR ALL OTHER OFFICES
CONTACT YOUR COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
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WHERE TO
FILE PETITIONS
|
MEMBER
OF STATE COMMITTEE
|
- REPUBLICAN,
DEMOCRATIC, INDEPENDENCE and GREEN
PARTY State Committee petitions are filed with
the county boards of elections.
- LIBERAL
PARTY and WORKING
FAMILIES State Committee petitions, are filed
in the same manner as those for the office of Member of
Assembly (see chart for ASSEMBLY).
- CONSERVATIVE
and RIGHT TO LIFE PARTY State
Committee petitions, are filed in the same manner as those for
the office of Representative in Congress (see chart for
CONGRESSIONAL).
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Republican State Committee
elections are held at the "Fall" primary in odd numbered
years. All other parties elect state committee at the
"Fall" primary in even numbered years.
To run for any party position
such as member of state committee, national or judicial delegate
or alternate, you must be a duly enrolled member of the party from
which you are seeking the designation. You also must be a resident
of the jurisdiction from which you are running.
**********
The offices of judicial delegate
and alternate judicial delegate are elected at the 'Fall' primary.
(National delegate and alternate national delegate are elected at
the 'Spring' primary, held in a presidential election year).
WHERE TO FILE PETITIONS
|
JUDICIAL
DISTRICT CONVENTION DELEGATE AND/OR ALTERNATE DELEGATE
|
| FIRST JD |
(New York County) |
| SECOND JD |
(Kings and Richmond
Counties) |
| ELEVENTH JD |
(Queens County) |
| TWELFTH JD |
(Bronx County) |
All petitions and nominations for
these judicial district delegates and alternate delegates are
filed at the New York City Board of Elections
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N O T E
The following chart for Judicial
Delegates and Alternate Delegates applies only to
Democratic, Independence, Conservative, Liberal, Right To Life and
Working Families candidates. Republican and Green Party candidates
for this office file their petitions in the county which contains
their portion of the assembly district.
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|
THIRD JD
Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan
& Ulster Counties
|
- 98 AD - Sullivan County Board
of Elections
- 100 AD - Ulster County Board
of Elections
- 101 AD - Ulster County Board
of Elections
- 103 AD - Columbia County Board
of Elections
- 104 AD - Albany County Board
of Elections
- 106 AD - State Board of
Elections
- 107 AD - Ulster County Board
of Elections
- 108 AD - State Board of
Elections
- 109 AD - Albany County Board
of Elections
- 112 AD - Rensselaer County
Board of Elections
- 127 AD - State Board of
Elections
|
FOURTH JD
Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery,
St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren &
Washington Counties
|
-
105 AD - State Board of
Elections
106 AD - Saratoga County Board of Elections
109 AD - Saratoga County Board of Elections
110 AD - State Board of Elections
112 AD - State Board of Elections
113 AD - State Board of Elections
114 AD - State Board of Elections
117 AD - Fulton County Board of Elections
118 AD - St. Lawrence County Board of Elections
122 AD - St. Lawrence County Board of Elections
|
FIFTH JD
Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Onondaga & Oswego
Counties
|
-
111 AD - Oneida County Board
of Elections
115 AD - State Board of Elections
116 AD - Oneida County Board of Elections
117 AD - Herkimer County Board of Elections
118 AD - Jefferson County Board of Elections
119 AD - Onondaga County Board of Elections
120 AD - Onondaga County Board of Elections
121 AD - Onondaga County Board of Elections
122 AD - State Board of Elections
124 AD - State Board of Elections
128 AD - Oswego County Board of Elections
129 AD - Onondaga County Board of Elections
|
SIXTH JD
Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison,
Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga & Tompkins Counties
|
-
107 AD - State Board of
Elections
111 AD - State Board of Elections
117 AD - Otsego County Board of Elections
123 AD - State Board of Elections
125 AD - State Board of Elections
126 AD - Broome County Board of Elections
127 AD - State Board of Elections
129 AD - Cortland County Board of Elections
137 AD - State Board of Elections
|
SEVENTH JD
Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben,
Wayne & Yates Counties
|
-
123 AD - Cayuga County Board
of Elections
128 AD and 129 AD - State Board of Elections
130 AD - State Board of Elections
131 AD through 135 AD - Monroe County Board of Elections
136 AD - State Board of Elections
139 AD - Monroe County Board of Elections
147 AD - Livingston County Board of Elections
|
EIGHTH JD
Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara,
Orleans & Wyoming Counties
|
-
138 AD - Niagara County Board
of Elections
139 AD - State Board of Elections
140 AD - State Board of Elections
141 AD - Erie County Board of Elections
142 AD - State Board of Elections
143 through 146 AD- Erie County Board of Elections
147 AD - State Board of Elections
148 AD - State Board of Elections
149 AD - State Board of Elections
150 AD - Chautauqua County Board of Elections
|
NINTH JD
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland & Westchester
Counties
|
-
87 AD through 89 AD -
Westchester County Board of Elections
90 AD - State Board of Elections
91 AD through 93 AD - Westchester County Board of Elections
94 and 95 AD - Rockland County Board of Elections
96 AD - State Board of Elections
97 AD - State Board of Elections
98 AD - Orange County Board of Elections
99 AD - State Board of Elections
100 AD - State Board of Elections
101 through 103 AD - Dutchess County Board of Elections
|
TENTH JD
Nassau & Suffolk Counties
|
-
1 AD through 9 AD -
Suffolk County Board of Elections
10 AD - State Board of Elections
11 AD - Suffolk County Board of Elections
12 AD through 21 AD - Nassau County Board of Elections
TITLE 9 OF THE OFFICIAL
COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK SUBTITLE V
State Board of Elections
Part 6204
Designating and
Independent Nominating Petitions
§ 6204.1 Specification
of objections to designating and independent nominating petitions.
- (a) Any person filing general
objections to any designating or independent nominating
petition filed with the State Board of Elections who
thereafter files specifications of his objections to any such
petition with such board shall do so in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6-154 of the Election Law. All such
specifications shall substantially comply with the following
requirements:
(1) The volume number, page number, and line number of any
signature objected to on any petition shall be set forth in
detail. In addition, any portion of any petition or any
signature line or witness statement objected to shall be
specifically identified and reasons given for any such
objection;
(2) The total number of signatures objected to shall be set
forth and all objections relating to a single signature line
should be grouped together;
(3) Symbols and/or abbreviations may be used to set forth
objections, provided that a sheet explaining the meaning of
any such symbols and/or abbreviations is attached to the
specifications.
(b) No specifications of
objections to any petition will be considered by the Board unless
the objector filing the specifications personally delivers or
mails by registered or certified mail a duplicate copy of the
specifications to each candidate for public office named on the
petition. In the case of a petition containing candidates for
party position, service of the specifications shall be made on
either the named candidates or the first person named on the
petition's committee to fill vacancies. Service shall be made on
or before the date of filing of any specifications with the Board.
Proof of service shall accompany the specifications or be received
by the end of business two days following the filing of the
specifications, whichever is later.
(c) Any notice and/or
determination relating to a petition for which specifications of
objections have been filed shall be transmitted by the Board to
the objector filing the specifications, provided that any such
objector may designate an attorney or agent to receive any such
notice and/or determination on his behalf. Any such designation
shall be in writing and include the name, address and telephone
number of any such attorney or agent, and any such attorney and/or
agent shall be eligible to represent any such objector in any
proceeding conducted by the Board relating to the specifications.
TITLE 9 OF THE OFFICIAL
COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK SUBTITLE V
State Board of Elections
Part 6215
Preparation, Delivery and
Filing of Designating and Nominating Petitions
§6215.1 Rules
for filing designating and nominating petitions.
a. The sheets of a petition shall
be numbered sequentially at the foot of each sheet.
b. All petitions containing ten
or more sheets shall be accompanied by a cover sheet.
c. Any two or more petition
sheets shall be securely fastened together by any means which will
hold the pages together in numerical order.
d. Petition sheets may be
fastened together to form one or more volumes.
- e. Individual volumes of a
petition shall be filed in the following manner:
(1) With respect to petitions which are filed with the Board
of Elections in the City of New York, or petitions which are
filed with other boards of elections containing candidates for
more than one public or party office which are not
coterminous, each volume of each petition shall bear an
identification number, to be obtained in accordance with
Section 6215.3, infra. The assigned identification number
shall be inscribed on the front of the volume. If an
identification number has not been inscribed by the person or
persons filing the petition, and the petition consists of
multiple volumes, then each volume of the petition shall be
separately numbered on the front thereof. Only one
identification number may be used to identify a petition
volume.
(2) Any Board of Elections outside the City of New York may
adopt a petition filing system for all petitions utilizing
identification numbers as provided for in Section 6215.3. The
Board may adopt such system through the approval of a rule at
least two months prior to the first day to circulate
petitions. The rule shall be filed at the county board of
elections and the State Board of Elections.
(3) With respect to all other petitions which contain ten or
more sheets, each volume of the petition shall have a cover
sheet secured to the front of such volume.
§6215.2 Cover
Sheets
- (a) A cover sheet shall
contain the following information:
1) The office and district number (where appropriate) for
which each designation and nomination is being made, the name
and residence address of each candidate, and the number of
volumes comprising the petition. The names and addresses of
candidates for the county committee may be set forth, by
assembly district (or, in the City of New York, by election
district) on a schedule to be annexed to the cover sheet.
Cover sheets for the positions of County Committee in the City
of New York shall include, in addition to such schedule a list
by election district of the identification numbers (if known)
or the volume number, and page number where such signatures
appear for each election district.
2) an identification of the volumes comprising the petition.
When multiple volumes are filed pursuant to Section
6215.1(e)(1) or (2) of these rules, a single cover sheet may
be filed with volumes identified by listing the identification
number of each volume either individually or cumulatively, and
the total number of volumes in the petition. With respect to
all other petitions filed in multiple volumes, each volume
shall have a cover sheet which shall indicate the volume
number; such volumes shall be numbered sequentially and the
cover sheet from the first volume shall set forth the total
number of volumes comprising petition.
3) a statement that the petition contains the number, or in
excess of the number, of valid signatures, required by the
Election Law.
4) A place for the optional designation of a contact person
other than the candidate(s) to be notified to correct
noncompliance with these regulations.
(b) Cover sheets shall be
substantially in the form set forth in Section 6215.8, infra.
(c) Where a designating petition
involves an office to be filled by the voters of the entire state,
the petition shall be accompanied by a schedule which sets forth
the volume and page number of each sheet on which signatures
appear of at least 100 or 5 per centum, which ever is less, of
properly enrolled voters in each of at least one-half of the
Congressional Districts of the state.
(d) Where a nominating petition
involves an office to be filled by the voters of the entire state,
the petition shall be accompanied by a schedule which sets forth
the volume and page number of each sheet on which signatures
appear of at least 100 voters in each of at least one-half of the
Congressional Districts of the state.
§6215.3 Identification
Numbers, application, distribution and utilization
(a) Identification numbers shall
be issued by the State and County Boards of Elections, without
charge, for the purpose of identifying petition volumes.
(b) The State Board shall assign
a series of identification codes to each County Board.
(c) Any person or persons,
individually or jointly, may obtain one or more identification
numbers, upon written application, from the Board of Elections.
Individuals who do not wish to apply for these numbers in advance
will have them assigned to their petitions when they are submitted
to the Board of Elections in accordance with section 6215.6 (b) of
these rules. Identification numbers may be used only within the
calendar year for which issued.
- (d) The State Board of
Elections shall promulgate an identification number
application form, which shall be used by any board of
elections. The application shall set forth:
(1) the name and residence address of each applicant for the
identification number;
(2) the daytime and evening telephone numbers for such
applicant;
(3) the type of petition to be filed under the identification
number (i.e., Designating, Nominating, Opportunity to Ballot);
(4) the date of the election;
(5) the Name of the Party or Independent Body; and (6) the
number of identification numbers requested. Each application
shall be signed by each applicant and shall be dated.
(e) Upon receipt of an
application for an identification number, the Board shall
forthwith issue the quantity of identification numbers requested,
inscribe such numbers on the original application, and record the
numbers issued with the name and address of the applicant in a
book which shall be available for public inspection. In the event
that an application is filed by multiple applicants, the Board
shall record in the book only the name and address of the
first-named applicant.
(f) An assigned identification
number may be used for the filing of petition sheets only by the
person to whom the identification number was issued. In the case
of multiple applicants, the identification number may be used by
any of the applicants.
§6215.4 Multiple
Candidates Named On a Petition
(a) All the signatures appearing
in a petition volume shall apply to all candidates named in that
volume, unless the cover sheet specifies otherwise.
(b) In the event that the same
candidates do not appear on each and every sheet of the petition,
then the cover sheet shall indicate which signatures apply to
which candidate, by indicating the name of the candidate, the
identification number or the volume number, and the page number of
the applicable signatures. Signatures on such pages may be
identified by specified numerical ranges (e.g., pages 1 through
15, pages 15-45).
§6215.5 Filing
of petitions
(a) Neither the application for,
nor the issuance of, an identification number constitutes filing
of a petition.
(b) Petitions shall be filed with
the applicable Board of Elections as set forth in the Election
Law. The officer or Board shall endorse the day, hour and minute
of receipt on such petitions. Such officer or Board shall keep a
book, which shall be open to public inspection, in which shall be
entered the name of the candidate, and volume or identification
numbers of the petitions which have been filed and the time of
their filing.
§6215.6 Construction
of rules; substantial compliance
(a) Except as specifically set
forth herein, these rules shall be liberally construed and
technical defects shall be disregarded where there has been
substantial compliance and where a strict construction is not
required for the prevention of fraud.
(b) The failure to obtain an
identification number or inscribe an identification number on one
or more petitions or petition volumes shall not render any such
petition or petition volume invalid. The officer or Board
receiving such petition or petition volume shall assign
identification numbers to such petition or petition volumes, shall
inscribe the identification number upon the petition or volume,
and shall record the identification number of such petition or
volume. In such instances, the person or persons submitting the
petition or petition volume for filing shall be deemed to be the
applicant for the identification number, or in the event the
persons submitting the petition or petition volume, cannot be
identified, the candidates named on the petition or petition
volume shall be deemed to be the applicant or applicants.
§6215.7 Determinations;
cures pursuant to Section 6-134(2) of the Election Law
(a) Within two (2) business days
of the receipt of the petition, the Board with whom such petition
was filed shall review the petition to determine whether the
petition complies with the cover sheet and binding requirements of
these regulations. Such review shall be limited to matters
apparent on the face of the documents. Such review, and such
determination, shall be without prejudice to the determination by
the Board of objections and specifications of objections filed
pursuant to the provisions of the Election Law.
(b) In the event that, upon the
review conducted pursuant to paragraph (a) above, the Board
determines that a petition does not comply with these regulations,
the Board shall forthwith notify the candidate or candidates named
on the petition of its determination and the reasons therefor.
(c) Notification of a
determination of noncompliance shall be given by written notice by
depositing such notice on the day of such determination with an
overnight delivery service, for overnight delivery, on the next
business day, or by personal delivery by the day after the
determination to the candidate or the contact person, if
designated, at the address stated on the petition. Notification
shall be given by overnight delivery or personal delivery only,
unless the candidate shall have filed with the Board written
authorization, signed by the candidate, for the Board to give
notification by facsimile transmission. In the event that the
candidate shall have authorized notification by facsimile
transmission, then the Board shall notify the candidate or the
contact person, if designated, by facsimile transmission on the
day of the determination to the number set forth by the candidate
and shall, in addition, mail a copy of the determination to the
candidate.
(d) A candidate may, within three
(3) business days of the date of a determination that the petition
does not comply with these regulations, cure the violation of
these regulations. Cover sheet deficiencies may be corrected by
the filing of an amended cover sheet. Such cure or correction must
be received by the Board of Elections no later than the third
business day following such determination.
(e) If the petition is one for an
opportunity to ballot, then the first named person on the
committee to receive notices or applicant(s) for the
identification number or numbers under which the petition was
filed shall be deemed to be the "candidate" for purposes
of subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) above.
FURTHER PROVISIONS
Please be aware that there may be
other requirements which may apply to running for any particular
office. These may include but not be limited to:
- FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
REQUIREMENTS:
The New York State Election Law requires candidates and
political committees to file statements disclosing information
about contributions received and expenditures made in
connection with an election.
- The forms required to register
a committee and to report receipts and disbursements, as well
as a comprehensive handbook of instructions, are available at
the State Board of Elections and your county Board of
Elections.
- For more information on
financial disclosure requirements, contact the State Board of
Elections at 1-800-458-3453 or 518-474-8200, your county board
of elections or visit our website at www.elections.state.ny.us.
- Hatch Act:
- Call 1-800-85 HATCH
- Judicial Code of
Ethics:
- Call (212) 949-8860 -
Main Office
(518) 474-5617 - Albany
(716) 232-5756 - Rochester
- Fair Campaign Code:
- Title 9 of the Official
Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of
New York Subtitle V, Part 6201.1
- Use of Public Opinion
Polls:
- Title 9 of the Official
Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of
New York Subtitle V, Part 6201.2
