N.Y. Election Law 14-105 – Elimination of duplicate electronic filing
§ 14-105. Elimination of duplicate electronic filing. 1. Any candidate or authorized political committee of a candidate required to file electronically with the state board of elections shall be deemed to have satisfied such filing requirements upon making electronic filings with a local campaign finance board, provided the state board of elections determines: (i) the filing format, standards and review and audit of filings of such campaign finance board meet or exceed the requirements imposed by this article; and (ii) the campaign finance filing data of such local campaign finance board is publicly available in a manner at least substantially equivalent to the board of elections publication of campaign finance filings; and (iii) such local campaign finance board will provide the chief enforcement counsel of the state board of elections notice of filing delinquencies and non-filings.
Terms Used In N.Y. Election Law 14-105
- candidate: means an individual who seeks nomination for election, or election, to any public office or party position to be voted for at a primary, general or special or New York city community school district election or election for trustee of the Long Island Power Authority, whether or not the public office or party position has been specifically identified at such time and whether or not such individual is nominated or elected, and, for purposes of this subdivision, an individual shall be deemed to seek nomination for election, or election, to an office or position, if he has (1) taken the action necessary to qualify himself for nomination for election, or election, or (2) received contributions or made expenditures, given his consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures, with a view to bringing about his nomination for election, or election, to any office or position at any time whether in the year in which such contributions or expenditures are made or at any other time; and
8. See N.Y. Election Law 14-100 - political committee: means any corporation aiding or promoting and any committee, political club or combination of one or more persons operating or co-operating to aid or to promote the success or defeat of a political party or principle, or of any ballot proposal; or to aid or take part in the election or defeat of a candidate for public office or to aid or take part in the election or defeat of a candidate for nomination at a primary election or convention, including all proceedings prior to such primary election, or of a candidate for any party position voted for at a primary election, or to aid or defeat the nomination by petition of an independent candidate for public office; but nothing in this article shall apply to any committee or organization for the discussion or advancement of political questions or principles without connection with any vote or to a national committee organized for the election of presidential or vice-presidential candidates; provided, however, that a person or corporation making a contribution or contributions to a candidate or a political committee which has filed pursuant to section 14-118 shall not, by that fact alone, be deemed to be a political committee as herein defined. See N.Y. Election Law 14-100
2. If the state board of elections permits filings with a local campaign finance board to be deemed filings with the state board of elections, such board shall provide a link on its website to the public disclosure and search functions of the website of such local campaign finance board.
3. A determination permitting filings with a local campaign finance board to be deemed filings with the state board of elections shall be revoked upon a determination that the local campaign finance board no longer complies with any one or more of the criteria enumerated in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of subdivision one of this section.