2006 New York Code - Independent Nominations; Petition, Form.

 
    §  6-206.  Independent  nominations;  petition,  form.  1. Independent
  nominations for elective village offices shall be  made  by  a  petition
  containing  the  signatures  in  ink of residents of the village who are
  registered with the appropriate county board of elections at the time of
  signing. The sheets of such a petition shall be numbered. A signer  need
  not  himself  fill in the date or residence. Each sheet of such petition
  must be in substantially the following form and shall  contain  all  the
  information required therein:
                    VILLAGE INDEPENDENT NOMINATING PETITION
    I,  the  undersigned,  do hereby state that I am a registered voter of
  the Village of......., that my  present  place  of  residence  is  truly
  stated  opposite  my  signature,  and I do hereby nominate the following
  named person (or persons) as a candidate (or as candidates) for election
  to public office (or public offices) to be voted for at the election  to
  be   held   on  the.....day  of.....,20.....,  and  that  I  select  the
  name...........(fill in name) as the name of the independent body making
  the nomination (or nominations) and.....(fill in emblem) as  the  emblem
  of such body.
    Name of
  Candidate           Public Office        Term        Residence
   .............   ....................     ....      ...............
   .............   ....................     ....      ...............
 
    I  do  hereby  appoint  (insert  names and addresses of at least three
  persons, all of whom shall be registered voters within such village)  as
  a  committee  to fill vacancies in accordance with the provisions of the
  election law.
    In witness whereof, I have signed this petition on the  day  and  year
  stated before my signature.
    Date        Signature              Residence
     ........   .................    ...................
     ........   .................    ...................
 
                            STATEMENT OF WITNESS
    I,  .....................  state  that I am a duly qualified voter and
  now reside at ......................(residence address) in  the  Village
  of  ................  in  the  State  of  New  York  in  the  County  of
  ................. . Each of the voters whose  names  are  subscribed  to
  this   petition  sheet  containing  ................  (fill  in  number)
  signatures, subscribed his name in my presence.
    I understand that this statement will be accepted for all purposes  as
  the  equivalent  of  an  affidavit  and, if it contains a material false
  statement, shall subject me to the same penalties as if I had been  duly
  sworn.
     .......................      ..............................
      Date                     Signature of witness
 
    2.  In  lieu  of  the  signed  statement  of  a  witness who is a duly
  qualified voter of  the  state  qualified  to  sign  the  petition,  the
  following statement signed by a notary public shall be accepted:
    On  the  dates  above  indicated before me personally came each of the
  voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
  .............  (fill  in  number)  signatures,  who  signed  same  in my
  presence and who, being by me duly sworn, each for  himself,  said  that
  the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him, was true.
 
  Date..................
 
                       ...............................
                       (Signature and official title
                       of officer administering oath)
 
      Page No........
 
    3.  The  name  selected for the independent body making the nomination
  shall be in the English language and shall not include the name or  part
  of the name, or an abbreviation of the name or of part of the name, of a
  then  existing party. The name and emblem shown upon such petition shall
  conform to the requirements of this chapter, relating to party names and
  party emblems. If such a petition shall  not  show  an  emblem,  or  the
  petition  shall  fail  to  select  a name for such independent body, the
  board  of  elections  shall  select  an  emblem  or  name,  or  both  to
  distinguish the candidates nominated thereby.
    4.  An  independent  nominating  petition for a village office must be
  signed  by  at  least  one  hundred  voters  in  villages  containing  a
  population  of five thousand or more; by at least seventy-five voters in
  villages containing a population of three thousand and  less  than  five
  thousand;  and  by  at  least  fifty  voters  in  villages  containing a
  population of one thousand and less than three thousand; and in villages
  containing a population of less than one thousand by voters numbering at
  least five per centum of the  number  of  voters  at  the  last  regular
  village election.  For the purposes of this section, the population of a
  village  shall  be  determined  by  the  last federal decennial or local
  special population  census  federally  supervised  pursuant  to  section
  twenty of the general municipal law.