NY Elec L § 6-206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 6 - Designation and Nomination of Candidates Title 2 - Village Elections 6-206 - 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 or herself 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 ofCandidate           Public Office           Term        Residence(include districtnumber, if applicable).............      ....................      ....      ............................      ....................      ....      ............... 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 of the   State of New York. I now reside at ................ (residence address).   Each  of  the  voters  whose names are subscribed to this petition sheet   containing ................ (fill in number) signatures, subscribed  his   or her 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  or    herself, said that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or   her, was true.    Date:.................. ...............................(Signature and official titleof 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.