N.Y. Election Law § 6-168: Designating petitions; candidates for the office of judge of the civil court of the city of New York

§ 6-168. Designating petitions; candidates for the office of judge of

the civil court of the city of New York. 1. The board of elections of

the city of New York, not later than fourteen days before the first day

to circulate designating petitions for a primary election, or the day

after a vacancy occurs, whichever is later, shall promulgate and have

available for public inspection at its main office, a list of all

vacancies in the office of judge of the civil court of the city of New

York for which nominations will be made at such primary election. Such

list shall include the borough and district, if any, in which each such

vacancy exists, the name of the judge who was last elected to such seat

and a number assigned to each such vacancy by the board of elections.

2. A designating petition for any candidate for any such office shall

include in the title of the office for which a designation is being

made, the number assigned by the board of elections to the vacancy for

which such candidate is designated.

3. If, at any primary election in which more than one nomination is to

be made for the office of judge of the civil court of the city of New

York in any borough of such city or in any civil court district within

any such borough, only one candidate is designated for any such vacancy,

such candidate shall be deemed nominated and his name shall not appear

upon the primary ballot unless a petition for opportunity to ballot for

such vacancy is filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

4. If more than one person is designated for one or more such

vacancies, all such persons shall be listed on the primary ballot as

candidates for such office without reference to the seat for which they

were designated and those persons, equal to the number of such

vacancies, who receive the highest number of votes shall be nominated as

candidates for such office.