* § 2-122-a. National convention; national party conference. 1. The rules of the state committee of a party may provide that the delegates and alternate delegates to a national convention or national party conference be elected by a combination of all of the following methods:

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a. By votes cast at a primary election for candidates for the office of president of the United States in which the names of candidates for such office appear on the ballot;

b. By votes cast at a primary election for candidates for the positions of delegate and alternate delegate to a national convention in districts no larger than congressional districts; and

c. By the state committee or a committee of the state committee at a meeting or convention called for such purpose as the rules of the party may provide.

2. If the rules of a state committee adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section provide for a primary election in which the office of president of the United States appears on the ballot, designation of candidates for such office shall be made pursuant to the provisions of sections 6-100, 6-118, 6-122 (except that such candidates need not be citizens of New York but only citizens of the United States), 6-130, 6-132 (except that references to a committee to fill vacancies shall be deemed references to a committee to receive notices and individuals appointed to such committee to receive notices shall not be required to file a certificate of acceptance), 6-134, 6-144, the provisions with respect to declinations in subdivisions one and two of section 6-146 (except that references to a committee to fill vacancies shall be deemed references to a committee to receive notices and individuals appointed to such committee to receive notices shall not be required to file a certificate of acceptance), 6-154, and subdivisions one, one-b and the provision with respect to declinations in subdivision two of section 6-158 (except that such candidates may decline such designations not later than February sixth, two thousand twenty-four) of this chapter. The state board of elections shall forthwith notify the appropriate county boards of elections of any such declination filed.

3. Designating petitions, where required for candidates for the office of president of the United States to be voted on by voters of the entire state in a primary election, must be signed by not less than fifteen thousand of the then enrolled voters of the party in the state.

4. If the rules of a state committee provide for a primary election in which the office of the president of the United States appears on the ballot, in addition to the spaces on the ballot with the names of the candidates designated for such office there may be a space with the word "uncommitted". The "uncommitted" space shall be listed on the ballot provided that a designating petition for such "uncommitted" space which meets the same requirements as a petition designating a candidate for the office of president of the United States is filed in the same manner as is required for such a petition.

5. a. The form of a petition requesting that an "uncommitted" space be listed on the ballot at a primary election for the office of president of the United States held pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be substantially as follows:

I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a duly enrolled voter of the ……………….. Party and entitled to vote at the next primary election of such party to be held on the …… day of ……………. 20…, that my place of residence is truly stated opposite my signature hereto, and I do hereby request that an "uncommitted" space be listed on the ballot at the primary election of such party for the office of president of the United States.

b. The appointment of a committee to receive notices shall be in the form prescribed for a petition for an opportunity to ballot. The signatures on the petition with all the required information and the signed statement of a witness or authentication by a person authorized to take oaths shall be in the form prescribed for a designating petition for such office.

6. a. If the rules of a state committee, adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section, provide that the positions of delegate and alternate delegate to a national convention appear on the ballot, designation of candidates for such positions shall be made pursuant to the provisions of sections 6-100, 6-118, 6-122, 6-130, 6-132 (except that references to a committee to fill vacancies shall be deemed references to a committee to receive notices and individuals appointed to such committee to receive notices shall not be required to file a certificate of acceptance), 6-134, 6-144, the provisions with respect to declinations in subdivisions one and two of section 6-146 (except that references to a committee to fill vacancies shall be deemed references to a committee to receive notices and individuals appointed to such committee to receive notices shall not be required to file a certificate of acceptance), 6-147, 6-154, and subdivisions one, one-b and the provision with respect to declinations in subdivision two and subdivision three of section 6-158 of this chapter.

b. Candidates for the positions of district delegate and alternate district delegate to a national party convention pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be enrolled members of such party and residents of the district in which they are candidates. The board of elections with which a petition is filed shall conduct a prima facie review of the enrollment status of candidates for district delegate and alternate district delegate to determine ballot eligibility. The congressional districts used for the election of such delegates and alternate delegates shall be those districts in effect for the two thousand twenty-two congressional elections.

c. Designating petitions for candidates for such positions must be signed by at least five hundred enrolled voters of the party residing in the district in which such candidates are designated, or by at least one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the then enrolled voters of such party in such district, whichever is less. Such petition signature requirement shall be computed using the official February twenty-first, two thousand twenty-three enrollments published by the state board of elections.

d. The designating petition for any such candidate or candidates shall have printed thereon prior to the affixing of any signatures thereto, a legend naming the presidential candidate whom such candidates are pledged to support, or a legend that such candidates are uncommitted. Such legend shall be part of the title of such position.

e. No designating petition containing the names of more than one candidate for either such position shall be valid under this section, for purposes of delegates and alternate delegates, unless all such candidates for such positions have printed on such petition the legend that they are pledged to the same presidential candidate or unless all such candidates for such positions have printed on such petition the legend that they are uncommitted.

f. On the designating petition shall appear, in parenthesis, the letter (M) if the candidate identifies as male, the letter (F) if the candidate identifies as female or the letter (X) if the candidate identifies as any gender other than female or male. No designating petition containing the names of more than one candidate for either such position shall be presumptively valid unless among the candidates for delegate as a group, and among the candidates for alternate as a group, the variance within each group between those identifying as male and those identifying as female shall be no greater than one.

g. In the event that a designating petition is filed for candidates for such positions listed as pledged to support a presidential candidate or as uncommitted, and the name of such presidential candidate, or the word uncommitted, will not appear on the ballot at the presidential primary election in two thousand twenty-four, then the petition designating such candidates for such positions shall be null and void and the names of such candidates for such positions shall not appear on the ballot.

h. Every board of elections with which designating petitions are filed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall, not later than four days after the last day to file such petitions, file with the state board of elections by express mail or by electronic transmission, a complete list of all candidates for delegate and alternate delegate together with their residence addresses, the districts in which they are candidates and the name of the presidential candidate whom they are pledged to support or that they are uncommitted. Such boards of elections shall, not later than the day after a certificate of declination or substitution is filed with respect to any such candidate, file such information with respect to such candidate with the state board of elections by electronic transmission.

7. a. The rules of a state committee adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section may provide that no candidate for the positions of delegate and alternate delegate may appear on the ballot as pledged to support a particular presidential candidate, or as uncommitted, unless the name of such candidate for such position appears on a certificate listing the names of those candidates for such positions who have filed statements of candidacy for such positions with the secretary of the state committee within the time prescribed by such rules and who, if their statements of candidacy contained a pledge of support of a presidential candidate, were not rejected by such presidential candidate. Such certificate shall also list the address and gender of each such candidate for delegate and alternate delegate and the district in which such candidate may appear on the ballot.

b. Such certificate shall be filed by the secretary of such state committee, with the board of elections with which the designating petitions for such candidates for such positions are required to be filed, not later than January twenty-third, two thousand twenty-four.

c. In the event that a designating petition for candidates for such positions, listed as pledged to support a presidential candidate, contains the names of one or more persons who have not been permitted by such presidential candidate to appear on the ballot as so pledged pursuant to the provisions of this section, then the names of such candidates shall not appear on the ballot but the names of other candidates on such petition who have been permitted by the presidential candidate to appear on the ballot shall be placed on the ballot provided that such candidates are otherwise eligible and that such petition is otherwise valid.

d. The state board of elections shall send a copy of the certificate required by section 4-110 of this chapter to the secretary of the state committee of each party conducting a primary pursuant to the provisions of this section not later than February eighth, two thousand twenty-four. Every other board of elections with which designating petitions for delegate and alternate delegate were filed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall, not later than February ninth, two thousand twenty-four, send a list of the names and addresses of those candidates who will appear on the ballot to the secretary of each such state committee.

8. a. If the rules of a state committee adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section provide for an election in which candidates for the office of president of the United States and the word "uncommitted" and candidates for the positions of delegate and alternate delegate to a national convention appear on the ballot, such ballot shall be arranged in the manner prescribed by this section.

b. The name of each candidate for the office of president of the United States who has qualified to appear on the ballot and the word "uncommitted," if a valid designating petition to place such word on the ballot was filed with the state board of elections, shall appear in a separate row or column. The names of all the candidates for delegate to a national convention who filed designating petitions containing a legend naming the presidential candidate whom they are pledged to support or stating that they are uncommitted shall be listed in such row or column immediately under or adjacent to the name of such presidential candidate or the word "uncommitted," followed by the names of all candidates for alternate delegate to such convention who filed such petitions. If the number of candidates, or groups of candidates for delegate and alternate delegate who are pledged to support a particular presidential candidate or who are uncommitted is greater than the number who may be listed in one row or column and if there are more rows or columns available on the ballot than are required for the candidates for president who have qualified to appear on the ballot, then the board of elections shall use two rows or columns on such ballot to list the names of such candidates for delegate and alternate delegate.

c. The order of the names of candidates for the office of president and the word "uncommitted" on the ballot and the order of the names of candidates for the positions of delegate or alternate delegate within a particular row or column shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of subdivision three of section 7-116 of this chapter except that names of candidates for such positions who are designated by individual petitions and not in a group shall have their positions determined by lot in the same drawing as groups and except further that candidates or groups of candidates for delegates and alternate delegates designated by the same petition shall be treated as one group for the purposes of such determination by lot. The provisions of subdivision six of such section 7-116 of this chapter shall not apply to any election conducted pursuant to the provisions of this section.

d. Immediately following the name of each candidate for delegate and alternate delegate on the ballot shall appear, in parenthesis, the letter (M) if such candidate identifies as male, the letter (F) if such candidate identifies as female, or the letter (X) if such candidate identifies as any gender other than female or male.

9. All primary elections conducted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall use only voting systems authorized by title two of article seven of this chapter.

10. Persons entitled to vote pursuant to section 11-200 of this chapter shall be entitled to sign designating petitions for, and vote in, any election held pursuant to the provisions of this section.

11. If the rules of a state committee provide for a primary election in which the office of president of the United States and the positions of delegate and alternate delegate to a national convention appear on the ballot pursuant to the provisions of this section, the state board of elections and the county boards of elections as the case may be shall canvass the results of such primary election for such office and positions pursuant to the provisions of sections 9-200 and 9-202 of this chapter, and shall certify to the secretary of the state committee of such party the votes cast for each candidate for such office and positions in such primary election and the votes cast for the "uncommitted" preference, tallied separately by congressional districts, except that no candidate or "uncommitted" preference shall be certified as nominated or elected to any such office or position.

12. Except as provided in this section and party rules and regulations, all provisions of the election law, except any provisions of section 2-122 of this article which are inconsistent with this section and those sections and subdivisions of article six of this chapter not specified in this section, shall apply to elections conducted pursuant to this section.

* NB Repealed December 31, 2024