STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4200 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to removing the require- ment of a sworn statement administered by a notary public for purposes of petitions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6-132 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 106 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 3. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali- 5 fied voter of the state, the following statement signed by a notary 6 public or commissioner of deeds shall be accepted: 7 On the dates above indicated before me personally came each of the 8 voters whose signatures appear on this petition sheet containing 9 ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in my pres- 10 ence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said 11 that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or her, was 12 true] after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person that is 13 listed at that address on information provided by the board of elections 14 to the notary public or commissioner of deeds. 15 Date:.................. 16 ............................. 17 (Signature and official title 18 of officer administering oath) 19 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 6-140 of the election law, as amended by 20 chapter 106 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 21 2. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali- 22 fied voter of the state, the following statement signed by a notary 23 public or commissioner of deeds shall be accepted: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05486-01-3
A. 4200 2 1 On the dates above indicated before me personally came each of the 2 voters whose signatures appear on this petition sheet containing 3 .......... (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in my presence 4 [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said that 5 the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or her, was true] 6 after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person that is listed 7 at that address on information provided by the board of elections to the 8 notary public or commissioner of deeds. 9 Date: ...................... 10 ................................ 11 (Signature and official title 12 of officer administering oath) 13 § 3. The closing paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 6-204 of the 14 election law, as separately amended by chapters 106 and 176 of the laws 15 of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 16 In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly qualified 17 voter of the state qualified to sign the petition, the following state- 18 ment signed by a notary public shall be accepted: 19 On the dates above indicated before me personally came each of the 20 voters whose signatures appear on this petition sheet containing 21 ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in my pres- 22 ence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said 23 that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or her, was 24 true] after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person that is 25 listed at that address on information provided by the board of elections 26 to the notary public or commissioner of deeds. 27 Date.................. 28 ............................... 29 (Signature and official title 30 of officer administering oath) 31 Page No........ 32 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 6-206 of the election law, as amended by 33 chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 34 2. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali- 35 fied voter of the state qualified to sign the petition, the following 36 statement signed by a notary public shall be accepted: 37 On the dates above indicated before me personally came each of the 38 voters whose signatures appear on this petition sheet 39 containing ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in 40 my presence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or 41 herself, said that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or 42 her, was true] after inquiry as to whether the person is the same person 43 that is listed at that address on information provided by the board of 44 elections to the notary public or commissioner of deeds. 45 Date:.................. 46 ............................... 47 (Signature and official title 48 of officer administering oath) 49 Page No........ 50 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.