Assembly Bill A5726

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Permits boards of elections to change the date of a primary election if such election conflicts with a religious holiday

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A5726 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-100, El L

2023-A5726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits boards of elections to change the date of a primary election within fourteen days of an election if such election date conflicts with a religious holiday.

2023-A5726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5726
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WEPRIN, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, COLTON -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M. of A. J. M. GIGLIO -- read once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to permitting boards of
   elections to change the date of a primary election  if  such  election
   conflicts with a religious holiday

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  8-100  of  the
 election law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a)  A  primary  election  shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in June
 before every general election unless otherwise changed by an act of  the
 legislature  OR  UNLESS OTHERWISE CHANGED BY A BOARD OF ELECTIONS WITHIN
 FOURTEEN DAYS OF SUCH ELECTION IF THE ELECTION  DATE  CONFLICTS  WITH  A
 RELIGIOUS  HOLIDAY.    Members  of  the  state and county committees and
 assembly district leaders and associate district leaders and  all  other
 party  positions  to be elected shall be elected at such primary and all
 nominations for public office required to be made at a primary  election
 in  such year shall be made at such primary. In each year in which elec-
 tors of president and vice president of the  United  States  are  to  be
 elected an additional primary election, to be known as the spring prima-
 ry,  shall  be  held  on  the first Tuesday in February unless otherwise
 changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of electing deleg-
 ates to the national convention.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09890-01-3

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