New York § 6-156 - 6-156Party nominations; certification
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 6-156 — 6-156Party nominations; certification, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 6-156. 6-156Party nominations; certification
§ 6-156. Party nominations; certification. Certificates of nominations, made otherwise than at a primary, shall contain the name of the political party making the nomination, the title of the office for which such person is nominated, the name and residence of the nominee, the committee, if any, appointed to fill vacancies in the nominations, and shall be signed by the presiding officer and a secretary of the body making the nomination. When a nomination is made by a committee other than one composed of members of a state committee or a county committee, a certified copy of the rule or resolution constituting such committee, shall, if a copy thereof shall not have been filed previously, be attached to the certificate.
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