S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
February 9, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- 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 17 of the laws of 2007, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A primary election, to be known as the fall primary, shall be held
on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September 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. In each year in which electors of president and vice president
of the United States are to be elected an additional primary election,
to be known as the spring primary, shall be held on the first Tuesday in
February unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the
purpose of electing delegates to the national convention, members of
state and county committees and assembly district leaders and associate
assembly district leaders.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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