New York Election Code § 6-140

Independent nominations; form of petition
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§ 6-140. Independent nominations; form of petition. 1. a. Each sheet\nof an independent nominating petition shall be signed in ink, shall\ncontain the following information and shall be in substantially the\nfollowing form:\n  I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a registered voter of\nthe political unit for which a nomination for public office is hereby\nbeing made, that my present place of residence is truly stated opposite\nmy signature hereto, and that I do hereby nominate the following named\nperson (or persons) as a candidate (or as candidates) for election to\npublic office (or public offices) to be voted for at the election to be\nheld on the ............ day of ................, 20...., and that I\nselect the name ............................ (fill in name) as the name\nof the independent body making the nomination (or nominations) and\n................. (fill in emblem) as the emblem of such body.\n________________________________________________________________________\n **(JOINTLY DESIGNATED CANDIDACY FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR)**\n  Name of             Governor               Residence of Candidate\n  Candidate                                  for Governor\n  for Governor\n  ............                               .........................\n  ............                               .........................\n  Name of\n  Candidate for\n  Lieutenant          Lieutenant Governor    Residence of Candidate\n  Governor                                   for Lieutenant Governor\n  ............                               .........................\n  ............                               .........................\n________________________________________________________________________\n                    Public                 Place of residence\n                    Office                 (also post office\n Name of            (include district       address\n Candidate          number, if applicable) if not identical)\n ..........         .................      ..........................\n ..........         .................      ..........................\nI do hereby appoint ............................. (here insert the names\nand addresses of at least three persons, all of whom shall be registered\nvoters  within such political unit), as a committee to fill vacancies in\naccordance with the provisions of the election law.\n  In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year\nplaced opposite my signature.\n Date              Name of Signer            Residence\n ......            ................          .......................\n ......            ................          .......................\n                                             Town or city (except\n                                             in the city of New\n                                             York, the county)\n                                             .......................\n                                             .......................\n  b. There shall be appended at the bottom of each sheet a signed\nstatement of a witness who is a duly qualified voter of the state and\nwho has not previously signed a petition for another candidate for the\nsame office. Such a statement shall be accepted for all purposes as the\nequivalent of an affidavit, and if it contains a material false\nstatement, shall subject the person signing it to the same penalties as\nif he or she had been duly sworn. The form of such statement shall be\nsubstantially as follows:\n                          STATEMENT OF WITNESS\n  I,  ......................  (name  of  witness)  state:  I  am  a duly\nqualified  voter  of  the  State  of  New  York  and   now   reside   at\n......................................... (residence address).\n  Each of the individuals whose names are subscribed to this petition\nsheet containing ........ (fill in number) signatures, subscribed the\nsame in my presence on the dates above

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