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N.Y. Elec. Law § 2-104

County committee; creation

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§ 2-104. County committee; creation. 1. The county committee of each\nparty shall be constituted by the election in each election district\nwithin such county of at least two members and of such additional\nmembers, not in excess of two, as the rules of the county committee of\nthe party within the county or the statement filed pursuant hereto may\nprovide for such district, proportional to the party vote in the\ndistrict for governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election, or\nin case the boundaries of such district have been changed or a new\ndistrict has been created since the last preceding gubernatorial\nelection, proportional to the party vote cast for member of assembly or\nin the event there was no election for member of assembly, then\nproportional to the number of enrolled voters of such party in such\ndistrict on the list of enrolled voters last published by the board of\nelections, excluding voters in inactive status. In a county in which no\nadditional members are provided for by the rules of the county committee\nor the statement filed pursuant hereto the voting power of each member\nshall be in proportion to such party vote or, if the election district\nwhich such member represents was created or changed since the last\nelection for member of assembly, proportional to such party enrollment.\nIn a county in which additional members are so provided for, on the\nbasis of the party vote or enrollment in election districts within such\ncounty, each member shall have one vote. Each member of a county\ncommittee shall be an enrolled voter of the party residing in the county\nand the assembly district from which or in the assembly district\ncontaining the election district in which such member is elected except\nthat a member of a county committee who, as a result of an alteration of\nassembly district lines, no longer resides within such assembly district\nmay continue to serve for the balance of the term to which he was\nelected.\n 2. If, pursuant to section one of article thirteen of the\nconstitution, such committee or a state convention of the party shall\nprovide by rule for equal representation of the sexes on such committee,\nthe rules of such committee relative to additional members, either from\nelection districts or at large, shall be formulated and applied in such\nmanner that the whole membership shall consist of an even number,\nequally divided between the sexes. When any such rule provides for equal\nrepresentation of the sexes, the designating petitions and primary\nballots shall list candidates for such party positions separately by\nsexes.\n 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,\na county committee of a party shall be legally constituted if\ntwenty-five per centum of the committeemen required to be elected in\nsuch county, as provided in subdivision one of this section, have been\nelected.\n

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